Czechs mark Masaryk anniversary

Czechs are marking the 160th anniversary of the birth of Czechoslovakia’s co-founder and first president T.G. Masaryk. On Saturday a crowd of several hundred people attended a commemorative ceremony at his graveside in Lany cemetery and later in the day a bronze equestrian statue of the country’s first president was unveiled outside the T.G. Masaryk Museum in Lany. Masaryk’s birthplace Hodonin, in south Moravia, is planning a whole day of events to celebrate the anniversary on Sunday. Earlier this week an exhibition dedicated to Masaryk’s life and work opened at Prague Castle.