Independence Day May 26

Georgia celebrated a people’s Independence Day

By | May 26th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: |

(DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Georgia marks Independence Day on May 26 in most of the cities and towns all over the country by organizing different events. There is no military parade, but many military elements are visible in the capital. At 13:00, 200 recruits swore an oath […]

Independence Day celebration in Tbilisi

By | May 26th, 2015|Categories: Photo gallery|Tags: |

Georgia celebrated its Independence Day on May 26. U.S. soldiers participated in a oath taking ceremony for Georgian soldiers at Freedom Square in the center of Tbilisi. Rustaveli Avenue was closed off and a street fair offered entertainment for visitors. See our […]

U.S. soldiers will take part in Georgia’s Independence Day celebration

By | May 24th, 2015|Categories: News|Tags: , |

(Ministry of Defense.) TBILISI, DFWatch–U.S. soldiers will be present during Georgia’s Independent Day celebration on May 26. The American soldiers will be together with Georgian soldiers as they conduct an oath taking ceremony on Freedom Square. Having U.S. soldiers present will […]

Georgian soldiers took oath on Independence Day

By | May 27th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: |

Soldiers took an oath and were greeted by their commander-in-chief, President Giorgi Margvelashvili. (DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–Thousands of people came to downtown Tbilisi to mark Independence Day on Monday. The day was celebrated in 12 cities and towns all over the country. There was no military parade, which used to be a tradition during the Saakashvili government, but the new […]

Georgia celebrates independence without military parade

By | May 26th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: |

Although generally a people’s day, there will be a little military element to Georgia’s national day this year. (DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–For the second year in a row, Georgia will mark Independence Day without a military parade. The government has decided that Independence Day will be a people’s celebration and aimed at letting people take part. But even though there is no military […]

Georgia plans people’s celebration on national day

By | May 10th, 2014|Categories: News|Tags: |

Roses Square, Tbilisi, May 26, 2012. (DF Watch.) TBILISI, DFWatch–For the second year in a row, Georgia will not hold a military parade on its national day of independence May 26. Columns of military personnel and hardware filing past and saluting their commander in chief became a tradition while Mikheil […]