Lady liberty gets a lift
Nov 18, 1999
By Philip Birzulis
RIGA - Foreign occupations, bank crashes and even Baltic weather have all failed to knock the Freedom Monument off its perch high above Riga. But 60 years under such stress has aged the country's best-known monument whom Latvians affectionately call Milda.Fortunately, she is looking better after the recent completion of the first stage of major renovations.The work was unveiled on Nov. 11, Latvia's soldiers memorial day, a date replete with other symbolism as well. Raimonds Bulte, chairman of th ...
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