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Event title:
Planting of a tree by pupils of the Podolí School to celebrate the marriage of the Emperor Franz Joseph
Venue: Podolí
Event type: State or civil events
Date: 24/04/1854 8am
Programme including:
General participants:
- Podolí school: participating institution, vv
Commentary:
Mercy’s Anzeiger 30/4/1854 reported that a tree-planting took place on 24th April in Podolí [near Vyšehrad]. At 8am pupils from the [local] school processed from the schoolhouse. They assembled next to the school buildings and accompanied by songs [hymns?] and prayers two trees were planted. The ceremony was conducted by an unspecified priest from the local Benedictine mission. There followed in the schoolroom a celebratory address and the singing of the national anthem.