More and more Belarusian flags in Captive Nations March in New York (photo)
A number of protest actions against the modern totalitarian and communist regimes started in New York on July 18. The Belarusian diaspora takes part in the event officially approved 52 years ago every year. The week of captive nations started with a mass in St. Patrick Church. A priest listed demonstrators’ flags: Cuban, Prussian and Belarusian. The column headed for Central Park afterwards.
The week of captive nations started with a mass in St. Patrick Church. A priest listed demonstrators’ flags: Cuban, Prussian and Belarusian. The column headed for Central Park afterwards.
– What flag is it? – passers-by pointed at the white-red-white flag.
– Belarus! No official, but opposition! – young representatives of the Belarusian diaspora replied cheerfully.
– The march attracts less attention in America after more than 50 years. It became less important for them after the collapse of communist regimes, - thinks the head of New York department of the Belarusian-American Association Vital Zaika. – However, we are trying to draw the attention of the American public to Belarusian problems all the time. You can see our flags are dominating.
Immigrants from Eastern Europe (including Belarus) united more than 50 years ago to struggle with communism in their homeland. The US Congress supported the initiative. President Eisenhower approved the law that announced every third week of July a week of captive nations in 1952.
The week of captive nations started with a mass in St. Patrick Church. A priest listed demonstrators’ flags: Cuban, Prussian and Belarusian. The column headed for Central Park afterwards.
– What flag is it? – passers-by pointed at the white-red-white flag.
– Belarus! No official, but opposition! – young representatives of the Belarusian diaspora replied cheerfully.
– The march attracts less attention in America after more than 50 years. It became less important for them after the collapse of communist regimes, - thinks the head of New York department of the Belarusian-American Association Vital Zaika. – However, we are trying to draw the attention of the American public to Belarusian problems all the time. You can see our flags are dominating.
Immigrants from Eastern Europe (including Belarus) united more than 50 years ago to struggle with communism in their homeland. The US Congress supported the initiative. President Eisenhower approved the law that announced every third week of July a week of captive nations in 1952.
