The pomp and ceremony of Václav Havel’s state funeral on Friday will be followed by much smaller and private ceremonies for family and friends. The urn containing Havel’s ashes to be placed in the family tomb in one of Prague’s main cemeteries. The famously modest Czech playwright, statesman and global human rights campaigner had asked that no special inscription mark his final resting place.

The American Friends of the Czech Republic (AFoCR) on Tuesday kicked off four days of events to celebrate the unveiling and dedication of a monument honoring the 28^th U.S. president, Woodrow Wilson, in Prague. Participating in the events were former Czech President Václav Havel and former US Secretary of State Madeleine K. Albright, both honorary co-chairs at AFoCR’s Gala Award Dinner in the Czech capital.