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Rededication of Cermak Road |
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Visit by Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic |
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Consulate General of the Czech Republic in Chicago |
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Czech & Slovak American Genealogy Society of Illinois |
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CSA Fraternal Life |
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American Sokol |
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Friends of Bohemian National Cemetery |
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Rededication of Cermak Road
The month long Prague-Chicago Days celebration concluded on June 30, 2007 with the Rededication of Cermak Road. Anton Cermak was born in Bohemia and is the only foreign born mayor of Chicago. He was assassinated while riding in a motorcade with President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933
Back row: Borek Lizec, Consul, Deputy Consul General, CR; Ken Dvorsky, Trustee, BNC; H.E. Petr Kolar, Ambassador to the United States, CR; Anton Cermak Kerner; and Ray Capek. Front row: the Honorable Marek Skolil, Consul General, CR; Radovan Steiner, Alderman Prague, CR; Marketa Reedova, Deputy Mayor Prague, CR; Judy Barr Topinka; Andy Bultas, Trustee BNC; and Tomas Chalupa, Mayor Prague 6.
The rededication ceremony began in the Bohemian National Cemetery at the Cermak Mausoleum. In attendance were H.E. Petr Kolar, Ambassador to the United States, CR; Honorable Marek Skolil, Consul General, CR; Mrs. Marketa Reedova, Deputy Mayor of Prague, CR; Tomas Chalupa, Mayor Prague 6, CR Radovan Steiner, Alderman Prague, CR; Judy Barr Topinka and Anton Cermak Kerner, great-grandson of Mayor Anton Cermak.
The ceremony included a wreath laying at the mausoleum and speeches by Ambassador Kolar, Mayor Chalupa, Alderman Steiner and Judy Barr Topinka.
After the ceremony at the cemetery, the rededication was held in Dvorak Park located at Cermak Road and May Streets. For that, Mayor Richard Daley was joined by City of Chicago Aldermen and members of the Mexican Consular Staff as well as the representatives of the Czech Republic.
On Wednesday April 18, 2007 the Bohemian National Cemetery was honored with a visit by members of the Constitutional and Judicial Committee of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. The dignitaries placed a wreath at the Cermak Mausoleum and toured the Chapel in the Crematorium as well as the cemetery.
The members of the Parliament of The Czech Republic who visited The Bohemian National Cemetery on April 18, 2007 are (from left to right) Mr.Jeronym Tejc, Mr. Stanislav Krecek (Vice Chairman of the Committee), Mr. Jiri Polansky (Vice Chairman of the Committee), Mr. Zdenek Prosek and in the middle Michaela Frkova (Department of International Relations).