Czechs and Slovaks to mark 100-year anniversary of Pittsburgh Agreement

[TexasTowelie]

Simply putting a pen to paper doesn’t create a nation. Such an undertaking takes inspirational leadership and dedicated followers.

One hundred years ago, Pittsburgh was the scene of just such forces coming together to draw up the Pittsburgh Agreement — the historic one-page document that outlined the unification of the Czech Republic and Slovakia into one nation: Czechoslovakia.

And even though they have since separated, the bond reflected in that momentous pact is being remembered and celebrated here this week and later this year in the two nations.

“It’s fascinating, really, that it happened in Pittsburgh,” said author Robert W. Doubek, founding president of the American Friends of the Czech Republic. “But it couldn’t happen in Europe. The Czechs and Slovaks were in an occupied territory, and calling for political activity could get you in trouble.”

Read more: http://www.post-gazette.com/local/city/2018/05/26/Pittsburgh-Agreement-Czechs-Slovaks-100-year-anniversary-czechoslovakia/stories/201805270079

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1. Dobre! 😉

[livetohike]

2. Ďakujem! Thanks for posting this. My Grandmother had a framed picture

hanging in her living room of a Czech girl and Slovak girl ( in native costumes) holding the paper. I think my Uncle took it when she passed.