Sunday, November 18, 2012

Latvian Independence Day--November 18

Riga, Latvia's Old City
Mrs. Marathon Pundit is in the other room listening to radio coverage of the Independence Day celebrations from Latvia--where she was born.

On this day in 1918--Latvia declared its independence from Russia. Nationhood was secured--until the Soviet takeover in 1940--in 1920 after a bizarre three-way war between Latvians, Bolsheviks, and remnants of the German Imperial Army. The Estonian army was allied the Latvians.

Related Latvian posts:

Kuldīga, Latvia's brick bridge
Venta Rapid in Kuldīga, Latvia
Twenty years ago today: Latvia's independence restored
Rumbula: Latvia's Holocaust
Salaspils concentration camp in Latvia
Sece, Latvia's World War I German cemetery
Two Russian army World War I pics
Lutheran church in Sece, Latvia
Twenty years ago: Latvia's Barricade Days
Riga Doms and Latvia's Barricade Days
Latvia 20 years after independence: Tearing down a Stučka statue
1990 bread line in Riga, Latvia
Potato harvesting in Latvia in the early 1970s
From the other side of the Iron Curtain: Gas mask drill in Latvia
Vintage photo: Janis Ancīts of Latvia
Latvian President Valdis Zatlers visits Chicago--with exclusive photo
Riga's House of Blackheads

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