Main program
Saturday, May 1 | |||||
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| Peklo Cultural Center, Pobřežní st.. | 12.00 pm – 6.00 pm | Construction of an authentic 1945-era military camp (until noon, followed by regular operations). Watch armored vehicles as well as regular GMC trucks arrive at the camp. All will strictly correspond to the period, period tools and materials will be used. Come see the uncompromising guards at the entrance to the camp, work teams building spacious temporary barracks or kitchen staff breaking in the newly built kitchen tent. | |||
| Peklo Cultural Center, Pobřežní st.. | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm | Patton Memorial Pilsen and supplementary program (Camp 1945 outdoor exhibition - 2nd Rangers Club, “Pilsen Does the Boogie-Woogie” exhibition, exhibits from the Patton Memorial’s sister museum in Diekirch) | |||
| 9.30 am, 11.30 am, 2.30 pm | Spring 1945 – excursions for the public to sites associated with major events in World War II | ||||
| 10.00 am – 6.00 pm | Airsoft gun presentation, shooting range, USMC Reconnaissance Battalion Camp | ||||
| Musical program - folk: | ||||
| Pilsen – Lobzy shooting range | 09.00 am – 6.00 pm | Largest presentation of the Czech Army in Pilsen – static and dynamic demonstrations of current technology – demonstrations of military police, military rescue squad and engineer corps operations, including: PANDURarmored personnel carrier, Land Rover KAJMAN, ARTHUR and SURN-CZ radars, KUB, S 10 and RBS 70 ant-aircraft rocket systems, VĚRA passive monitoring system, LOS light reconnaissance and observation system, AM-50 bridge automobile and combat engineer technology, DANA | |||
| 12:30 p.m., 3.30 p.m., 5:30 p.m | MUSADO martial arts demonstration | ||||
| 09.00 am – 6.00 pm | Presentation of modern US Army technology – 2nd Stryker Cavalry | ||||
| 12.30 pm | Jeep Wrangler Club presentation | ||||
| U Ježíška | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm 4.00 pm | Period German Army camp Internal Cauldron – great field battle | |||
| Štruncovy sady | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm | Historical camps: 16th Armored Division of the US Army Authentic operations of a realistic US Army camp in Pilsen in May of 1945. Armored machinery, soldiers, a field hospital, field mess, motor vehicle repair, etc. (the 4th Armored Division Pelhřimov, 2nd Armored in Europe and 2nd Infantry Division Pilsen contributed to the camp) Combined Unit of the Czechoslovak Military in the West, under the command of the US Army in West Bohemia (exhibition of period machinery, soldiers in period uniforms, patrols) | |||
| 2.30 pm | Jeep Wrangler Club presentation (area in front of the Sokol Club building) | ||||
| náměstí Republiky | 10.00 am – 2.00 pm | Presentation by the Police of the Czech Republic (displays of Czech police officers’ equipment and weapons, exhibition of technology and machinery, demonstration of rapid response unit training) and the Pilsen City Police Department (presentation of the animal control vehicle, radar-equipped emergency response vehicle, professional self-defense demonstration, presentation stand, games for children) | |||
10:30 a.m, 1:30 p.m. | Demonstration of Czech Police response units (self-defense, vehicle stop and search) | ||||
| 10.00 am – 4.00 pm | Junák scout organization – program and presentation | ||||
10:00 am, noon | Musical program Caramella dance troupe performance Jack Daniel (country, rock) No Exit Cop Zelenáči, Jan Vyčítal
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| 7:40 – 10:00 pm | Louisovi sirotci - Outdoor “retro style” dance (period costumes and music) | ||||
| Křižíkovy sady (park), Proluka site | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm | Freedom Street, 1945 (Tommy & Yankee military history club) – return to the atmosphere and everyday life of a street in Pilsen in the spring of 1945 (historical camp, displays of equipment and weapons) | |||
| Sunday, May 2 | |||||
| Peklo Cultural Center, Pobřežní st.. | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm | Patton Memorial Pilsen and supplementary program (Camp 1945 outdoor exhibition- 2nd Rangers Club, “Pilsen Does the Boogie-Woogie” exhibition, exhibits from the Patton Memorial’s sister museum in Diekirch) | |||
| 9.00 am – 1.00 pm | Militaria market | ||||
| 10.00 am – 6.00 pm | Airsoft gun presentation, shooting range, USMC Reconnaissance Battalion Camp | ||||
| Noon – 16.00 | Presentation of current US Army machinery – 2nd Stryker Cavalry | ||||
| Cultural program: | ||||
| 9.30 am, 2.00 pm, 4.00 pm | Spring 1945 – excursions for the public to sites associated with major events in World War II | ||||
| 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm | Presentation of historical military technology and machinery following the arrival of the Convoy of Liberty | ||||
| Husova st. | 9.30 am | Flower laying ceremony at the 16th Armored Division memorial | |||
| Chodské nám. | 10.00 am | Flower laying ceremony at the 2nd Infantry Division memorial | |||
| Pilsen – Lobzy shooting range | 9.00 am – 4.00 pm | Largest presentation of the Czech Army in Pilsen – static and dynamic demonstrations of current technology – demonstrations of military police, military rescue squad and engineer corps operations, including: PANDUR armored personnel carrier, Land Rover KAJMAN, ARTHUR and SURN-CZ radars, KUB, S 10 and RBS 70 ant-aircraft rocket systems, VĚRA passive monitoring system, LOS light reconnaissance and observation system, AM-50 bridge automobile and combat engineer technology, DANA 152 mm self-propelled howitzer, 122 mm rocket launcher, tracked recovery vehicle, Tatra all-terrain vehicle, Land Rover DEFENDER, UAZ, transportation and medical machinery (LAND ROVER 130 all-terrain medical vehicle), portable weapons systems, bomb disposal robot, Military Police and more. MUSADO martial arts demonstrations. Talks with veterans from the missions in Afghanistan and Kosovo, “The Czech Army at Home and Abroad” exhibition, screenings of documentaries about the Czech Army. | |||
| 12:30 pm, 3:30 pm, 5:30 pm | MUSADO martial arts demonstrations | ||||
| Klatovská st. | 11.00 am | Historical military vehicle parade under the command of the Military Car Club Pilsen, with participation from Czech and international military clubs, modern Czech Armed Forces and US Army technology | |||
| náměstí Republiky | Noon – 2.00 pm | Back Side Big Band | |||
| 12.15 pm – 12.30 pm | Arrival of historical vehicle columns | ||||
| 12.30 pm – 2.00 pm | Meetings with veterans – autograph signings | ||||
| 1.45 pm – 2.15 pm | Jeep Wrangler Club presentation | ||||
| 2.30 pm – 4.15 pm | Czech Armed Forces concert, Honor Guard exhibition performance, announcement of the winner of Liberate Pilsen! | ||||
| 4.30 pm – 5.15 pm 5.30 pm – 6.30 pm | M. Tučný Revival Taxmeni | ||||
| Štruncovy sady (park) | 9.00 am –6.00 pm | Historical camps: 16th Armored Division of the US Army Authentic operations of a realistic US Army camp in Pilsen in May of 1945. Armored machinery, soldiers, a field hospital, field mess, motor vehicle repair, etc. (the 4th Armored Division Pelhřimov, 2nd Armored in Europe and 2nd Infantry Division Pilsen contributed to the camp) Combined Unit of the Czechoslovak Military in the West, under the command of the US Army in West Bohemia (exhibition of period machinery, soldiers in period uniforms, patrols) | |||
| Křižíkovy sady (park), Proluka site | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm | Freedom Street, 1945 (Tommy & Yankee military history club) – return to the atmosphere and everyday life of a street in Pilsen in the spring of 1945 (historical camp, displays of equipment and weapons) | |||
| Monday, May 3 | |||||
| Křižíkovy sady (park), Proluka site | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm | Freedom Street, 1945 (Tommy & Yankee military history club) – return to the atmosphere and everyday life of a street in Pilsen in the spring of 1945 (historical camp, displays of equipment and weapons, evening movie screenings) – field trips for schools | |||
| Peklo Cultural Center, Pobřežní st. | 9.00 am – 5.00 pm | Patton Memorial Pilsen and supplementary program (Camp 1945 outdoor exhibition, “Pilsen Does the Boogie-Woogie” exhibition, exhibits from the Patton Memorial’s sister museum in Diekirch) | |||
| Tuesday, May 4 | |||||
| Křižíkovy sady (park), Proluka site | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm | Freedom Street, 1945 (Tommy & Yankee military history club) – return to the atmosphere and everyday life of a street in Pilsen in the spring of 1945 (historical camp, displays of equipment and weapons) – field trips for schools | |||
| American Center | 5.00 pm | Public meeting with World War II veterans | |||
| Peklo Cultural Center, Pobřežní st. | 9.00 am – 5.00 pm | Patton Memorial Pilsen and supplementary program (Camp 1945 outdoor exhibition, “Pilsen Does the Boogie-Woogie” exhibition, exhibits from the Patton Memorial’s sister museum in Diekirch) | |||
| Wednesday, May 5 | |||||
| Křižíkovy sady (park), Proluka site | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm | Freedom Street, 1945 (Tommy & Yankee military history club) – return to the atmosphere and everyday life of a street in Pilsen in the spring of 1945 (historical camp, displays of equipment and weapons) – field trips for schools | |||
| Peklo Cultural Center, Pobřežní st. | 9.00 am – 5.00 pm | Patton Memorial Pilsen and supplementary program (Camp 1945 outdoor exhibition, “Pilsen Does the Boogie-Woogie” exhibition, exhibits from the Patton Memorial’s sister museum in Diekirch) | |||
| nám. Míru | 4.00 pm – 5.30 pm | Gathering to celebrate the 65th anniversary of Czechoslovak Radio, gala museum opening | |||
| 5.30 pm | Memorial ceremony in honor of victims of World War II and killed Czechoslovak and Allied airmen | ||||
| nám. Míru, Czech Radio building | 8.00 pm | Gala concert of the Pilsen Philharmonic to celebrate the 65th anniversary since the liberation of Pilsen and the first radio broadcasts from Pilsen | |||
| Thursday, May 6 | |||||
| City Hall, nám. Republiky | 11.00 am | Memorial ceremony at the memorial plaques on the City Hall steps | |||
| St. Bartholomew Cathedral, náměstí Republiky | Noon – 12.30 pm | High mass | |||
| Americká st. | 4.00 pm – 6.00 pm | Memorial ceremony “Thank You, America!” | |||
| Kopeckého, Šafaříkovy a Křižíkovy sady (parks) | 6.00 pm – 9.00 pm | Cultural program – The atmosphere of Spring 1945 (period costumes and music, jazz band, steppers, Marilyn Monroe), Foligno, His Blue Star, Láďa Kerndl, Milan Benedikt Karpíšek, Jaromír Konrády and the small bagpipe band SPaT Jiskra | |||
| Křižíkovy sady (park), Proluka site | 9.00 am – 6.00 pm | Freedom Street, 1945 (Tommy & Yankee military history club) – return to the atmosphere and everyday life of a street in Pilsen in the spring of 1945 (historical camp, displays of equipment and weapons) – field trips for schools | |||
| Peklo Cultural Center, Pobřežní st. | 9.00 am – 5.00 pm | Patton Memorial Pilsen and supplementary program (Camp 1945 outdoor exhibition, “Pilsen Does the Boogie-Woogie” exhibition, exhibits from the Patton Memorial’s sister museum in Diekirch) | |||
| Anglické nábřeží | 9.00 pm | Fireworks celebration – sponsored by Plzeňská teplárenská a.s | |||
Program subject to change without notice