September 16, 1998
Contact:
Press Contact: Craig D'Ooge (202) 707-9189
Václav Havel To Open Exhibit September 17
Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic, will
open an exhibition at the Library of Congress on Thursday,
September 17, at 6 p.m. to mark the beginning of the Month
of the Czech Republic. The exhibition, titled "The Birth of
Czechoslovakia: October 1918," commemorates the 80th
anniversary of the founding of the independent Czechoslovak
state.
The event is open for coverage by the press, with
credentials. Please enter the West entrance on the first
floor of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First St. S.E.,
at 5 p.m.
Dr. James Billington, the Librarian of Congress, will
deliver opening remarks, followed by His Excellency Alexandr
Vondra, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United
States; the Honorable Madeleine Albright, Secretary of
State; and President Havel, who will present orders to
General John M.D. Shalikashvili, the Hon. Zbigniew
Brzezinski, Václav Hyvnar, Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick,
Jirí Kovtun, Petr Bísek, Zdenek Hruban, Jaroslav Nemec (in
memoriam), Ambassador Julian M. Niemczyk, the Hon. Peter V.
Rodman, and Jeremy Rosner.
A reception will follow. The event will conclude at
8:30 p.m.
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PR 98-151
9/16/98
ISSN 0731-3527