Yesterday evening I was the witness of an impromptu and very picturesque military parade in Bucharest, on the Boulevard Elisabeta. The participants are in ceremonial uniforms and some of them bear torches. The parade might have taken place to mark the day of the tricolour, the Romanian flag, although I believe that particular event was sometime at the end of June. I found it very reminiscent of Fin de Siècle Bucharest, like a nice illustrated postcards from times of yore :), a century or so ago, when this city was known as the “Little Paris” of the Balkans.
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Valentin Mandache, architectural historian 
Stimate Domnule Mandache,
1 iulie este Ziua Muzicilor Militare. Asa cum ati scris, Ziua Tricolorului este pe 26 iunie, per L 96/1998. La adresa http://www.princeradublog.ro/jurnal/ne-cunoastem-zilele-nationale/ gasiti articolul meu care enumera toate zilele proclamate la nivel national din 1989 si pana acum, cu actele prin care au fost consfintite.
Cu cele mai bune ganduri,
Ioan-Luca Vlad
Avocat si Consilier Privat al Familiei Regale a Romaniei
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Multe multumiri pentru lamuriri Ioan! Parada a fost intr-adevar foarte potrivita pentru o asemenea zi a muzicilor militare. Valentin
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