a hrefhttps:cms.hoover.orgresearchhuman-chain-memory hreflangenA Human Chain Of Memorya

On the morning of August 23, 1989, thousands of Estonians set out for roadsides, town squares, and village crossroads across the country. Some traveled with friends and neighbors. Others climbed into crowded buses or accepted rides from complete strangers. Many carried something in their hands: a homemade banner, a freshly printed poster, or a blue-black-and-white Estonian flag that, only a few years earlier, could not have been taken out so openly. For one day, these objects became part of one…