Legionnaires receive their marching orders
Mar 17, 2010
Staff and wire reports

COMMEMORATION DAY: WWII veterans mark their respect for those lost in action.
RIGA - The traditional World War II Latvian Legion memorial procession organized by ‘Daugavas Vanagi Latvija’ (Daugava Hawks in Latvia) was met at the Freedom Monument by the fascist-styled group ‘Latvijas Antifasistiska komiteja’ (Latvian Anti-fascist Committee), who provoked with disrespectful chants and placards, but the two sides did not come to fisticuffs, reports news agency LETA.
The Daugava Hawks, in a press release, said that “The [Latvian Anti-fasc ...
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