Czechast, Radio Prague International
Czechast Special: The Masaryk Family and Their Relationship With America and Americans
Czechast, Radio Prague International
Czechast Special: The Masaryk Family and Their Relationship With America and Americans
Radio Prague Int.
Tomáš Masaryk, the first president of independent Czechoslovakia, married the American Charlotte Garrigue. She had been born to a wealthy and patrician family in Brooklyn, New York. On her father’s side she had ancestors among the French Protestants who had found refuge in America. On her mother’s side, she had ancestors who traveled to America on the Mayflower. So there was a very strong link that President Masaryk felt with the American people and its history and roots.
Vít Pohanka
