May 10th - a great day for Roumania!

On May 10, 1866, Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen arrived in Bucharest, took the oath of office in Parliament and exactly ten years later, he proclaimed Roumania’s independence. Finally, on May 10, 1881, she was proclaimed a kingdom and Carol I was crowned the first king of Roumania. After 1947, the communists tried to erase any reminder of the monarchy from Romania’s history. Fooey! Let us remember May 10th, the day that Roumania became a kingdom in its own right!

Zece Mai va fi de apururi,
Sfanta zi, caci ea ne-a dat,
Domn puternic tarii noastre,
Libertate si Regat.