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The Tall Hermann Tower will be open from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The entrance to the tower is from the Governor\u2019s Garden. 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 are limited.<\/p>\n

The celebration of the Day of Restoration of Independence will begin at 11 a.m. with a memorial ceremony at the 20 August Memorial Stone at Toompea. Ants Veet\u00f5usme<\/strong>, President of the August 20th Club, will deliver a speech. President of the Riigikogu (Parliament of Estonia) Lauri Hussar<\/strong> will lay flowers at the memorial stone on behalf of the Riigikogu. Prime Minister Kristen Michal<\/strong> will also attend the ceremony.<\/p>\n

At noon, the August 20 Club will hold its traditional festive meeting in the White Hall of Toompea Castle. President of the Riigikogu Lauri Hussar<\/strong> and Prime Minister Kristen Michal<\/strong> will deliver welcoming addresses. Member of the August 20 Club Enn Tupp<\/strong> will make a speech, in which he will discuss Estonia\u2019s defence policy and the war in Ukraine.<\/p>\n

The August 20 Club, founded in 1994, unites the people who were elected to the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia in 1990, and voted for the Resolution to restore the independence of Estonia.<\/p>\n

33 years ago, on 20 August 1991 at 11.03 p.m., the Supreme Council of the Republic of Estonia adopted the Resolution On the National Independence of Estonia, with 69 votes in favour.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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