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Friday, October 28, 2016

Czechoslovak Independence Day in 2016

This is getting to be my annual ritual ceremony of taking photos of the military procession and fireworks on 28th October in Olomouc...

It is a public holiday in the Czech Republic. Rather, it's Independence day. On October 28th in 1918 Czechoslovakia declared its independence from Austro-Hungarian Empire.




As always, the military procession started at 17:40, leaving from Horní náměstí and heading for Žižkově náměstí where the ceremony took place. 



Similar to last year, a young blonde boy soldier took the lead this year...





Happy Independence Day!

To be continued...