Czech Republic - Sokol Rally in Prague
A rally to promoting public exercise as a way to stimulate national self importance (through organised gymnastic and athletic demonstrations - usually mass-participation). The Sokol (which translates as Falcon') arose as the first Czech Gymnastic organisation in the 1860s. Between the First and Second World Wars the organisation grew to have a million members. The Sokol programmes were organised to have mass appeal across all strata of Czech society and across all age groups
Picture No
10411681
Media ID
45635331
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3003px x 4704px
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Credit
Mary Evans / Grenville Collins Postcard Collection
Source
Unattributed postcard - Patriotic Card
Date
1920
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Calisthenics Courage Czechoslovakian Endurance Exercising Fraternalism Gymnastic Nationalism Participation Slaying Sokol Vsesokolsky
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