Riigikogu welcomes guests to National Flag Day ceremony and Tall Hermann Tower

Saturday, 4 June, is the 138th anniversary of the national flag of Estonia. The Board of the Riigikogu and the Estonian Flag Association invite everyone to the solemn flag hoisting ceremony in the Governor’s Garden in Toompea at 7 a.m.

The flag is raised to the sounds of the national anthem of Estonia. Representatives of Aseri School (Ida-Viru County) and the Estonian Male Choir Association will offer their assistance.

President of the Riigikogu Jüri Ratas and Chairman of the Estonian Flag Association Jüri Trei will speak at the ceremony. Archbishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Urmas Viilma will speak words of blessing.

The flag-raising units of the Guard Battalion, Defence League, Women’s Home Defence, Young Eagles, Home Daughters, Scouts, Guides, schools, and academic and patriotic organisations will also attend the ceremony in the Governor’s Garden.

The Estonian Military Orchestra will provide the music, and the choirs of the Estonian Female Song Society and the Estonian Male Choir Association will sing “Hoia, Jumal, Eestit” (”God Save Estonia”, with lyrics by Aleksander Leopold Raudkepp) and “Eesti lipp” (“Flag of Estonia”, with lyrics by Martin Lipp).

Tall Hermann Tower is open to visitors from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. In order to ensure smooth entrance, visitors will receive free tickets that indicate the time of entry to the tower.

The National Flag Day is celebrated on the anniversary of the consecration of the blue-black-white flag of the Estonian Students’ Society. The first flag was made in spring 1884 and was blessed and consecrated at Otepää parsonage on 4 June. Today is the 138^th anniversary of the consecration of the Estonian national flag.

Programme of the flag raising ceremony.

Source: Parliament of Estonia