Cesky Krumlov, South Bohemia, Nov 21 (CTK) – Andrew Schapiro, the U.S. ambassador to the Czech Republic, and Ben Hodges, the U.S. military commander in Europe, attended a dinner that tourism promoters gave in Cesky Krumlov yesterday in remembrance of the U.S. army’s Thanksgiving Day dinner in 1945, Petra Urbanova told CTK.
Urbanova, from the organising Cesky Krumlov tourism association, said the dinner was served in the Ruze (Rose) hotel, which also hosted the dinner for the U.S. liberators 71 years ago.
The only difference was that the historical event took place on November 22, while the present organisers were forced to stage it one day earlier.
Nevertheless, the meals served were identical with those in 1945, i.e. baked turkey with potatoes, a pumpkin cake and pineapple and cheese salads, which are traditionally linked to Thanksgiving Day, Urbanova said.
Attended by some 50 invited guests, the gala dinner was the first event to mark the anniversary of the post-war Thanksgiving Day celebration by the U.S. soldiers in Cesky Krumlov.
“We do not rule out that it will become a tradition,” Urbanova said.
Last autumn, the organisers staged a soccer match of U.S. soldiers in remembrance of a match that two teams of the U.S. military league played in the town in September 1945.
