Diplomats from the United States Embassy in Prague attended events primarily in western and souther parts of Bohemia commemorating the liberation by the U.S. Third Army commanded by General Patton. They attended ceremonies in 38 municipalities. For Americans, it is always very special to commemorate those who fought and sacrificed their lives to protect the ...
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By U.S. Embassy Prague | 13 May, 2019 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, News | Tags: liberation
Marking the 73rd anniversary of the end of World War Two, the U.S. Embassy in Prague hosted the Convoy of Liberty on Friday, April 27. The tour was officially launched by the U.S. Ambassador Stephen. In the days following this event, American diplomats will also participate in many ceremonies commemorating the liberation of the country ...
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By | 30 April, 2018 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: liberation
On August 29, 1944, forty-one U.S. airmen lost their lives in the
Air Battle over the White Carpathian mountains . U.S. Embassy’s Management Officer Jennie Young joined Governor Jiří Čunek, national and local politicians and citizens of Slavičín, Rudice, Šanov, and Přečkovice in commemorating the fallen soldiers and the bravery of local people who helped the survivors of the battle. Very special ...
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By U.S. Embassy Prague | 28 August, 2017 | Topics: News | Tags: liberation
The Convoy of Liberty, marking the 72nd anniversary of liberation of Western Bohemia by the U.S. Army in 1945, started its trip in front of the U.S. Embassy in Prague on April 28. The tour was officially launched by the U.S. Chargé d’Affaires Kelly Adams-Smith. “Today, in Prague, we launch the annual Convoy of Liberty ...
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By | 28 April, 2017 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: liberation
The U.S. Embassy in Prague will commemorate the 72th anniversary of the end of World War II and of liberating the country from Nazi oppression. American diplomats will travel to the regions to participate in events organized by locals commemorating the liberation of western and southern parts of Bohemia by the U.S. Third Army led ...
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By U.S. Embassy Prague | 26 April, 2017 | Topics: Chargé D’Affaires, Exclude, News, Press Releases | Tags: liberation
On September 7 in Tochovice near Pribram in Central Bohemia, U.S. Ambassador Andrew Schapiro presented a memorial plaque to the relatives of Josef Parizek who saved U.S. pilot Newton T. Parker from certain death near the end of World War II. Germans shot down Parker’s bomber in April 1945 in the Sedlcany region. Parker was ...
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By U.S. Embassy Prague | 7 September, 2016 | Topics: Ambassador | Tags: liberation, WWII
Political Officer Beth Fernald participated in the World War II ceremonies in Mukov and Teplice on Saturday July 23. Crowds gathered to commemorate the 22 U.S. airmen who died when their planes were shot down during a raid on a Nazi chemical plant.
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By U.S. Embassy Prague | 27 July, 2016 | Topics: History, News | Tags: liberation
U.S. Embassy Prague Chief of the Office of Defense Cooperation LTC Stephanie Bagley participated in a commemorative ceremony at the Church of Cyril and Methodius in Prague on June 18 commemorating the brave act of resistance by Czechoslovak paratroopers who assassinated Acting Reich Protector Reinhard Heydrich in 1942. Jozef Gabčík and Jan Kubiš, together with ...
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By | 20 June, 2016 | Topics: Military Cooperation, News | Tags: liberation
As every year since 1990, U.S. diplomats have been proud to participate in celebrations held by some fifty municipalities across the western and southern part of Bohemia commemorating the World War II liberation by the U.S. Third Army under the command of General George S. Patton. During the communist era, the U.S. role in the ...
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By | 10 May, 2016 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: liberation
From May 5-8, the
Liberation Festival in Pilsen celebrated the 71st anniversary of the liberation of the region from Nazi oppression by the U.S. Third Army under the command of General George Patton. On Friday, May 6, the commemorations culminated in Pilsen. U.S. and Belgian veterans, members of government, and local politicians, and other guests gathered at the General ...
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By | 7 May, 2016 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: liberation
Economic Officer Noah Woodiwiss and Political Specialist Helena Markusova delivered remarks to mark the 71st anniversary of the end of World War II in Zhůří and Klatovy on May 5th. Ten American soldiers from the 90th Infantry Division were killed in Zhuri in the last days of the war while liberating the Czechoslovak people and ...
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By | 6 May, 2016 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: liberation
On May 2nd, U.S. Army Attaché Col. John Burbank attended a commemoration ceremony in Tachov of the 71th Anniversary of the end of World War II. He laid a wreath at Tachov’s liberation monument and met with local representatives. Tachov close to the German border was liberated on May 2nd, 1945 by 3the 86th Infantry ...
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By | 5 May, 2016 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: liberation
Marking the 71st anniversary of the end of World War Two, the U.S. Embassy Prague hosted the Convoy of Liberty on Friday, April 29. The Convoy is the traditional tour of Bohemia by the military history clubs in authentic, refurbished vehicles from World War II; this tradition began eleven years ago. The convoy is a ...
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By | 29 April, 2016 | Topics: Events, History, Press Releases | Tags: liberation
On April 28, Major Mark White of the Office of Defense Cooperation represented the U.S. Embassy Prague at a commemoration event in Krupka, northern Bohemia, marking the 71st anniversary of the death of 313 concentration camp prisoners who passed away during a death march in April of 1945 near Krupka. Major White also honored on ...
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By | 29 April, 2016 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: liberation
Major Adam Knox represented the U.S. Embassy at the commemoration event that took place near the Konopistě Chateau in the Benešov District on Friday, April 22nd. The event honored nine U.S. Air Force pilots who were shot down during their mission over then Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia and who the Nazi’s subsequently executed without ...
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By | 25 April, 2016 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: liberation
On Saturday, April 23, Defense Attaché Mark A. Wootan visited liberation commemoration events in Cheb and in Pilsen-Křimice. In Cheb, he attended a ceremony dedicated to the memory of U.S. soldiers of the 97. Infantry Division of the U.S. Army who liberated the town. In Křimice, Col. Mark Wootan together with Mayor Vít Mojžíš participated ...
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By | 25 April, 2016 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: liberation
In Cesky Krumlov, Americans and Czechs commemorated an American football match played in the town at the end of World War II. In September 1945, two U.S. Army units played; last Saturday, Czech national champions – the Prague Black Panthers – fought with the team of the U.S. Army Dragoons on the playing field. Several ...
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By US Embassy Prague | 2 October, 2015 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: Dragoons, football, liberation
The U.S. Embassy Prague participated in the 240 MILES TO FREEDOM ride of U.S. historical military vehicles, which commemorates the Demarcation Line — the border that delineated how far east the Allied forces and how far west the Soviet forces went during the liberation of Czechoslovakia from Nazi occupation. On June 24, Major Adam Knox, ...
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By US Embassy Prague | 24 June, 2015 | Topics: Events, History, Video | Tags: liberation
The commemorative event at the Thank You America! Memorial was the peak of the Liberation Festival in Pilsen that started last Friday, May 1. Twenty-one American and Belgian veterans joined the local commemorative event marking the liberation of this region of the Czech Republic from Nazi oppression 70 years ago. U.S. Ambassador to the Czech ...
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By US Embassy Prague | 6 May, 2015 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, History | Tags: liberation
On Saturday, May 2nd, Deputy Chief of Mission Steve Kashkett opened the concert of the U.S. Army Europe Dixieland band “Rhine River Ramblers,” held in Pilsen’s main square as part of the annual Liberation Festival. The Festival, marking the U.S. Army’s liberation of Pilsen and the surrounding villages from Nazi occupation, is attended annually by ...
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By US Embassy Prague | 2 May, 2015 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: liberation
To mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the U.S. Embassy in Prague hosted the Convoy of Liberty on Friday, April 24. The Embassy employees welcomed the Convoy dressed in historical costumes from the 1940’s, enhancing the festive atmosphere of the commemorative event. See
the pictures on Flickr . A convoy of thirty historical vehicles, which ...
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By US Embassy Prague | 24 April, 2015 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, History, News | Tags: liberation
A dozen U.S. Embassy Prague cyclists spent April 22 retracing the route that General Patton’s Third Army Division took when liberating the region seventy years ago. The group visited the towns of Domazlice, Horsovsky Tyn, Holysov and Dobrany, and finished their ride at the “Thank You, America” monument in Plzen. American Center Director Nick von ...
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By US Embassy Prague | 22 April, 2015 | Topics: Events, History | Tags: bike ride, George Patton, liberation
To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the liberation of then Czechoslovakia at the end of World War II, U.S. Ambassador Andrew Schapiro visited the town of Benešov and the Konopiště chateau on April 17. The Ambassador participated in commemoration ceremonies honoring the U.S. flyers who lost their lives near the Konopiště chateau close to Benešov ...
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By US Embassy Prague | 21 April, 2015 | Topics: Ambassador, Events, History | Tags: liberation
On Friday, February 27, the U.S. Army Europe Band and Chorus, based in Germany, performed in the concert hall Peklo in Pilsen. During their program “Sounds of America”, they introduced a selection of the best of American music for large orchestras. The band performed Rhapsody in Blue by George Gershwin with a piano solo by ...
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By US Embassy Prague | 27 February, 2015 | Topics: Events | Tags: liberation
