Tomas Garrigue Masaryk
(1850 - 1937)
1st President of Czechoslovakia (1918-1935). On October 26, 1918, he led a gathering of 25 delegates from 12 Central & East European nations at Independence Hall, and delivered the Declaration of Common Aims, a Declaration of Independence for these nations.
Marker is on Independence Mall West (6th Street), on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
