Remember When We Were Communists?
Today is November 17th, the 14th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that led to the end of communist rule in Czechoslovakia. Doug translates a story from Mlada Fronta, a Czech paper, that is a series of man-on-the street interviews with 14-year-olds describing the anniversary. Among the gems:

Students stood up for their schools. But where was it? In Prague maybe? I don't know any other details. The jingling of keys on Václavské námìstí? I don't know about that. But then Havel became President. We haven't had that in history yet, and in our family we don't talk about it. It's enough for them that it's a holiday and we're going to our grandmother's.

- posted by Amy @ 11/17/2003 07:41:00 PM