A Selection of Photos from the Excursion on October 9th after the Conference on the Economic Role of Libraries from Belgrade to Topola and Oplenac on the Seventieth Commemorative of the Assassination of King Alexander I of Yugoslavia
The Public Library in Topola
The interior of one of the
library's reading rooms and the reception on the porch
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The Mayor of the Town and some of the conference participants
The fate of a hammer and cycle
from the days of socialism
(it is now used to cover a window in the basement storage area of the
library)
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Terry with two young girls in
costume and Barbara Moran with young people in costume
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Statue of Kralj Petar (King
Peter)… and the Church of St George at Oplenac where the Ceremony is
held.
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Inside the Church of St. George
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Participants dressed in World War I military uniforms in honor of the occasion
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Matija Beckovic, the National Poet of Serbia (at the microphone) and
Crown Prince Aleksandar Karadjordjevic of Serbia (to his right) at the
Ceremony
The Crown Prince and the Poet greet the crowd
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The banquet of traditional Serbian food held at the at the end of the excursion
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Photos of the Conference Sessions are at Conference
Photos around Belgrade are at Belgrade
Photos of the Excursion to Topola are at Topola
Photos of visit to the Theater see Japanese
Marionettes
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