Karel Schwarzenberg, Milos Zeman
Czech President Milos Zeman (second from right) lit a bonfire this evening, on Saturday, September 14, 2019, in honour of the first Czechoslovak president Tomas Garrigue Masaryk, who died 82 years ago, after a commemorative event at Masaryk's grave at the Lany cemetery. The bonfire was also lit by Cardinal Dominik Duka, former foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg (TOP 09), right, and Lany Mayor Karel Sklenicka. Schwarzenberg said Masaryk's principles were not respected in society. He said the country had democracy but not enough democrats. He said he hoped that a new generation of democrats would grow up and realise that freedom and democracy which Masaryk brought to the country are not taken for granted and that every generation has to fight for them. The Masaryk bonfires were for the first time lit in municipalities all over the country in 1935 on his 85th birthday. Masaryk died in 1937. Bonfires were then lit several times, but the tradition was cancelled after the Czechoslovak communist coup in 1948 and started again only in 2001. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)
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