President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Jüri Ratas will deliver a speech at the ceremony. Archbishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Urmas Viilma will speak the words of blessing. Hele Palumaa, Student of the Drama School of the Estonian Academy of Music and Theatre, will read out the Estonian Declaration of Independence.

President of the Republic of Estonia Alar Karis, President Kersti Kaljulaid, President Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President Arnold Rüütel, members of the Riigikogu and the Government, representatives of constitutional institutions and the diplomatic corps, the Estonian Flag Association and the leadership of the Defence Forces and the Defence League have been invited to attend the ceremony.

The flag guards of the academic associations, patriotic organisations and schools will attend the ceremony in the Governor’s Garden.

The choirs of the Estonian Male Choir Association, and Tallinn Police Orchestra will perform “Eesti lipp” (“Flag of Estonia”, music by Enn Võrk, words by Martin Lipp), “Hoia, Jumal, Eestit” (“God Save Estonia”, music by Juhan Aavik, words by Aleksander Leopold Raudkepp), “Jää vabaks, Eesti meri” (“Stay Free, Estonian Sea!”, by Viktor Konstantin Oxford), and “Kodumaa” (“Homeland”, music by Raimond Kull, words by Mihkel Veske).

The ceremony will end at around 8:06 a.m.

ETV, ETV+ and Vikerraadio will make a live broadcast of the ceremony.

Programme of the flag raising ceremony

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