The Velvet Revolution 20 Years Later

The lighting of candles and laying of leaflets constantly took place during 1989's Velvet Revolution
AP Photo / Dusan Vranic

Candles in the Wind
The lighting of candles and laying of leaflets constantly took place during 1989's Velvet Revolution. In a speech to the Czech senate twenty years later, former President Havel paid tribute to the memory of those who had helped bring down the Communist regime, including his late wife Olga.

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