The Czechoslovak Review/Volume 3/Anniversary of independence
ANNIVERSARY OF INDENPENDENCE.
In every Bohemian and Slovak settlement in the United States October 28 was observed as the first anniversary of Czechoslovak independence. In the old country the day has been made a national holiday, together with May First (Labor Day) and July Sixth (memorial day of John Hus).
In Chicago the celebration took place on the Sunday preceding the great day and was in charge of the Sokols. A large and picturesque procession paraded through the Bohemian streets and proceeded to Douglas Park, where addresses were made before the statue of Karel Havlíček. In the evening a play was produced written for the occasion by R. Jaromír Pšenka. In New York and most other cities the celebration was held on Tuesday, in the midst of great crowd and much enthusiasm. In Washington Colonel V. S . Hurban, military attaché of the Czechoslovak Legation, gave a luncheon on that day to military representatives of the Allied states; Americans of Czechoslovak birth were represented by Albert Mamatey, first vice-president of the Czechoslovak National Council of America.
Reports of rejoicing in the old country are not yet at hand, but great preparations were to celebrate independence day.
Long live the Czechoslovak Republic!
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