Riga Castle Fortification
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On November 11, 1988, on Lāčplēsis Day, actor Ēvalds Valters and writer Alberts Bels raised the Latvian national flag on the Holy Spirit Tower of Riga Castle. Thousands of people had gathered on the Daugavmala.
On February 15, 1990, the Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR adopted a law and regulations on the national flag of the Latvian SSR, stipulating that the national flag is crimson red with a longitudinal white stripe in the middle, but on February 27, a solemn ceremony took place when academician Jānis Stradiņš raised the red-white-red flag at the building of the Supreme Council of the Latvian SSR. The Latvian flag was also raised above the buildings of the Council of Ministers of the Latvian SSR and the Riga City Council on that day.
On January 16, 1991, by a decision of the Supreme Council of the Republic of Latvia, the status of the national flag of the Republic of Latvia was restored.
