In October, we began to “cut” from the second hundred years since the independence of our country – we commemorated the 101st anniversary of the establishment of an independent Czechoslovak state. This year, for the first time, the Sokols celebrated this anniversary with a new project, Sokol Run of the Republic. Even though it was its first year, the organizers believe that the foundation stone of the new Sokol tradition has been laid and that the Sokol Runs of the Republic will take place every year in a number of venues throughout the Czech Republic.
This year’s Sokol Run was held in twelve locations in Czech Republic – in Prague, Děčín, Lomnice nad Popelkou, Bedřichov, Syrovice, Kamenice u Jihlavy, Jedovnice, Milovice, Babice nad Svitavou, Písek, Terezín and Nové Město na Moravě. The first year of the run also had a foreign dimension – one run was organized by Sokol Washington, the second took place in Portland, USA.
