A commemoration ceremony took place in the Senate marking the hundredth anniversary of the signing of the Pittsburgh Agreement, in which Czechs and Slovaks living in the USA supported the establishment of an independent Czechoslovakia. Senate Vice-President, Jaroslav Kubera, alongside Slovak Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Peter Weiss, and American Ambassador, Stephen B. King, recalled the importance of the document for the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic. A copy of the Pittsburgh Agreement is on permanent display in the Senate Chamber.
From left: moderator Michaela Sahulová, Slovak Ambassador Peter Weiss, Vice-President of the Senate Jaroslav Kubera, American Ambassador Stephen B. King and an interpreter
American Ambassador Stephen B. King, Slovak Ambassador Peter Weiss, Vice-President of the Senate Jaroslav Kubera and an interpreter
The ceremony took place in the Waldstein Garden in Prague, part of the Parliament of the Czech Republic’s Senate seat
Senator and Chairperson of the Standing Senate Commission on Compatriots Living Abroad Tomáš Grulich
American Ambassador Stephen B. King is speaking, to the right Slovak Ambassador Peter Weiss and Vice-President of the Senate Jaroslav Kubera
Archbishop of Prague Dominik Duka with USA Ambassador Stephen B. King
Garden celebration guests
Senator Lumír Kantor with a guest