Tomorrow, 4 June is the 139th anniversary of the national flag of Estonia. On this occasion, the Board of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) and the Estonian Flag Association invite everyone to the flag raising ceremony in the Governor’s Garden at Toompea this Sunday at 7 a.m. From 11 a.m. until 5 p.m., it will be possible to visit the Tall Hermann Tower.

The national anthem of Estonia will be played to accompany the raising of the flag. The representatives of Tallinn English College and Jakob Hurt Society for Popular Education in Põlvamaa will assist at the raising of the flag.

President of the Riigikogu Lauri Hussar and Chairman of the Estonian Flag Association Jüri Trei will make speeches at the ceremony. Archbishop of the Estonian Evangelical Lutheran Church Urmas Viilma will say a blessing.

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 and academic and patriotic organisations will attend the ceremony in the Governor’s Garden.

The Estonian Military Orchestra and the choirs of the Estonian Female Song Society 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 Tall Hermann Tower will be open to visitors from 11 a.m. until 5 p.m. In order to ensure smooth entrance, visitors will be distributed free tickets showing their time of entry to the tower. Tours will start every full and half hour. The tower is narrow, and therefore group sizes will be limited.

The National Flag Day is celebrated on the anniversary of the consecration of the blue-black-white flag of the Estonian Students’ Society. The first flag was made in spring 1884. It was blessed and consecrated at Otepää parsonage in South Estonia on 4 June. This year we celebrate the 139th anniversary of the consecration of the national flag of Estonia.

Programme of the national flag raising ceremony

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