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page of history: December 1 – Romania’s Great Unification Day
On December 1st, 2018, Romania celebrates its National Day as well as the passing of a 100 years since the 1918 Great Union (a major historic event that changed the country's course forever), which is also a source of great national pride.
On December 1st, 2018, Romania celebrates its National Day as well as the passing of a 100 years since the 1918 Great Union (a major historic event that changed the country's course forever), which is also a source of great national pride.
This
is one of the most important Romanian national holidays, and it is called the “Great Union Day” or the “Unification Day” (Romanian: "Ziua Marii Uniri") and in many parts of the world it is known as “National
Romania Day”. This special holiday marks the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom in 1918. According to ‘Alba Iulia Proclamation’, all these Romanian regions joined Romania as a country, and here I will list only few significant political and academic contributors who made this historic event possible: Ion I.C. Bratianu, Vasile Goldis, Iuliu Maniu, Alexandru Vaida-Voevod, Ioan Suciu, Octavian Goga, Iuliu Hossu, Gheorghe Pop de Basesti. The proclamation was read to 100,000 Romanians by Iuliu Hossu, who was a Greek-Catholic priest, Bishop of the Cluj-Gherla Diocese.
The Union marked the country’s history forever, but after that Romania had to pass through many other changes and challenges and some of them included the World War II, the Communist regime and the 1989 Revolution.
Despite numerous hardships, it is also appropriate to mention that Romania still looks ahead with sound optimism, but it does not forget its past.
Every year, on December 1st, throughout
the entire country are taking place various festive events commemorating the
national heroes and in Bucharest (the
capital city), under the Arch of Triumph, it is held an annual military parade
of the Romanian Armed Forces; after the parade, people gather with their families and
friends to celebrate together.
In closing of this brief expose, I would like to refresh what Nicolae Iorga (a famous Romanian historian) said once upon a time: "People who don't know their history are like kids who don't know their parents", so please be mindful of that & remember: "The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future."
In closing of this brief expose, I would like to refresh what Nicolae Iorga (a famous Romanian historian) said once upon a time: "People who don't know their history are like kids who don't know their parents", so please be mindful of that & remember: "The more you know about the past, the better prepared you are for the future."