Czechs mark 175th anniversary of Masaryk’s birth

Czechs are marking the 175th anniversary of the birth of Czechoslovakia’s co-founder and first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. President Petr Pavel and Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil attended a commemorative event in Lány, where they laid wreaths at Masaryk’s tomb. Vystrčil, along with other senators, also participated in a ceremony at Masaryk’s statue on Prague’s Hradčany Square.

Commemorative events also took place in Plzeň, Olomouc, Vsetín, and Hradec Králové. The museum in Masaryk’s hometown of Hodonín in Moravia put his original writing set on display.