Liberation Festival Schijnvliegveld de Kiek: Celebrate and experience together! In the context of 80 years of liberation and the 5th anniversary of the revival of Schijnvliegveld de Kiek, the Friends of de Kiek are organizing a two-day liberation festival at Schijnvliegveld de Kiek. We are going to bridge the gap between the present and the past, where there is plenty to see and experience. The program is intended for young and old and admission is free! The exact program will be announced later. There will be demonstrations by various organizations and there will be re-enactment. We are working with various local and national organizations to organize an information market and we will ensure that both old and new times can be experienced on the ground and in the air. What all this is, will become clear in the course of time. It promises to be a unique weekend again with various spectacular components.Saturday October 26th in any case re-enactment, information market, various demonstrations and the unveiling of a monument for the crashed Vicker Wellington bombers.Sunday October 27th liberation concert, reenactment and various activities.

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Liberation Festival at Decoy Airfield De Kiek: Celebrate and Experience Freedom.

After long years of absence of freedom Pilsen celebrated its 45th Anniversary of the liberation by the US Army in 1990 with the participation of the president Václav Havel and the US Ambassador in Prague Shirley Temple Black. Together with the living history clubs, the City of Pilsen preserves the tradition of celebrating the liberation, that is why the first days in May belong to the Liberation Festival. For this event, visitors from all around the world come to celebrate - with the citizens, American veterans, their family relative at present respectively – the freedom. Traditional parts of the celebrations are commemorative acts at the memorials of the American units participating in the liberation of the city, the unique display of vintage military vehicles Convoy of Liberty and the presentation of the living history clubs offering impressive interpretation of history with the period equipment and gear held on a year basis. The military history program is enhanced by culture show intended for the broad public with the participation of Czech and foreign performers.The Liberation Festival is unforgettable experience with its unique atmosphere remembering the contribution of the US Army to the liberation of Europe.

Liberation Festival at Decoy Airfield De Kiek: Celebrate and Experience Freedom.

Liberation Festival Pilsen - the liberation by the US Army

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