May 5, 2021

The Pilsen daily news: Hercules plane will fly over Pilsen during Liberation Festival

The Pilsen daily news: Hercules plane will fly over Pilsen during Liberation Festival On Thursday, May 6, Liberation Festival starts in Pilsen, as last year due to coronavirus restrictions limited for mass meetings. However, the program of the celebrations of the 76th anniversary of the end of World War lasting…

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November 2, 2021

Marion Kirkham passed away

It is with deep regret we inform you of the passing of Marion Kirkham friend and veteran of the US AIR FORCE during WWII. In 1990, for the first time he remembered his brother Virgil Paul Kirkham, a fighter pilot, who perished near Trhanov as the last American pilot over Europe…

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May 10, 2021

Pilsen celebrated its liberation by the American army

Pilsen commemorated the 76th anniversary of its liberation by the American army. The four-day Liberation Festival, which began on Thursday May 6th and ended on Sunday May 9, offered a live broadcasting program from the studio in Měšťanská beseda via the Internet and regional television. A total of 15 hours of live…

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November 11, 2021

The City of Pilsen commemorated the Veterans Day at the Homolka memorial

This day is dedicated to the memory of all war veterans, including modern ones. It is celebrated worldwide as Veterans Day or Remembrance Day. Since November 2001, this important day has also been commemorated in the Czech Republic. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour…

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May 25, 2021

The recipient of this year’s General George S. Patton Scholarship of Honor awarded through Brian LaViolette Foundation is Simona Schmiedhuberová

The recipient of this year’s General George S. Patton Scholarship of Honor awarded through Brian LaViolette Foundation is Simona Schmiedhuberová Nineteen-year-old Simona Schmiedhuber received the Honorary Scholarship of General George S. Patton at the Pilsen City Hall on Monday, May 24. The scholarship, founded on May 6, 2010 during the…

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November 12, 2021

The village of Dýšina, the Patton Memorial Pilsen and the Liberation Festival Pilsen commemorated the 136th anniversary of the birth of General George Patton

The village of Dýšina, the Patton Memorial Pilsen and the Liberation Festival Pilsen commemorated the 136th anniversary of the birth of General George Patton in front of the Dysina General Patton´s basic school and kindergarten. Photo: Ivan Rollinger, Patton Memorial Pilsen, Pilsen – Tourism  

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