The Riigikogu invites to the National Flag Day ceremony and to the Tall Hermann Tower

Thursday, 4 June is the 142nd anniversary of the national flag of Estonia. On this occasion, the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) and the Estonian Flag Association invite everyone to the flag raising ceremony that will take place in the Governor’s Garden at Toompea tomorrow at 7 a.m. From 2 p.m. until 7 p.m., it will be possible to visit the Tall Hermann Tower.

President of the Riigikogu Lauri Hussar and Chairman of the Estonian Flag Association Jüri Trei will make speeches at the flag raising ceremony in the morning. Bishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Ove Sander will say a blessing.

The raising of the flag will be accompanied by national anthem of Estonia. Rain Posti and Karl Evert Esko from Tallinn Mustamäe State Upper Secondary School, and Emma Rebane and Mihhail Semiyanov Kohtla-Järve Upper Secondary School will assist at the raising of the flag.

The Estonian Military Orchestra and the choirs of the Estonian Female Song Society and schools will perform at the ceremony. The choirs will sing “Hoia, Jumal, Eestit” (“God Save Estonia”; Juhan Aavik, lyrics Aleksander Leopold Raudkepp) and “Eesti lipp” (“Flag of Estonia”; Enn Võrk, lyrics Martin Lipp). The orchestra will be conducted by Samuel Jalakas, and the choirs by Linda Kardna and Sirje Vasmann-Perend. 

The flag guards of the Guard Battalion, the Estonian Defence League, the Women’s Home Defence, Young Eagles, Home Daughters, Scouts, Guides, as well as schools, academic associations and patriotic organisations will attend the ceremony in the Governor’s Garden. 

The Tall Hermann Tower will be open for visiting from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. Tours will start every full and half hour. The Tall Hermann Tower is a historical building, and therefore group sizes are limited. The tours offered on the Fienta ticketing platform are already full. However, a limited number of free tickets to the tower will also be distributed today from 2 p.m. in the Governor’s Garden on a first-come, first-served basis. We recommend to get your tickets as early as possible to secure a place on the tour at the time suitable for you.

A flag wall for taking festive photos will be put up in the Governor’s Garden.  

The first blue, black and white flag was sewn in spring 1884. It was blessed and consecrated at Otepää parsonage in South Estonia on 4 June 1884. This year we celebrate the 142nd anniversary of the consecration of the national flag of Estonia.

Riigikogu Press Service
Maiki Vaikla
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