The President of the Republic Arnold Rüütel will make an opening address. Matti Päts and Toomas Hiio will also speak. The Orchestra of Estonian Defence Forces, the Male Choir of the Academy of Sciences and the Engineers’ Male Choir (conductor Kuno Areng) will perform at the ceremony.
A bronze copy of the portrait of Konstantin Päts (1937), created by Ferdi Sannamees, and a bronze copy of the portrait of Lennart Meri (2000, plaster) created by Mare Mikoff will be placed in the Rose Garden. A council consisting of artists, sculptors, city representatives and family members of both presidents chose the busts.
Public Relations Department of the Office of the President
Kadriorg, June 19, 2006
