D E C E M B E R 1

HE NAT IONAL D AY OF ROMANIA

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THE NATIONAL DAY OF ROMANIA IS CELEBRATED
ON DECEMBER 1. IT IS THE DAY WHEN THE MOST
IMPORTANT EVENT IN THE HISTORY OF THE
ROMANIAN PEOPLE, THE GREAT UNION.

ON DECEMBER 1, 1918, THE ALBA IULIA

ASSEMBLY TOOK PLACE, IN WHICH THE UNION OF
THE TRANSYLVANIA, BANAT, CRISANA AND
MARAMURES REGIONS WITH ROMANIA WAS
UNANIMOUSLY VOTED.

STARTING FROM AUGUST 1, 1990, BY LAW NO.

10 OF JULY 31, 1990, THE ROMANIAN
PARLIAMENT DECIDED TO PROCLAIM
DECEMBER 1 AS ROMANIA'S NATIONAL DAY.
 •ON THE MORNING OF DECEMBER 1, 1918, IN ALBA IULIA, MORE THAN 1,228 DELEGATES,
TOGETHER WITH MORE THAN 100,000 SUPPORTERS, DRESSED IN FESTIVE ATTIRE AND WITH THE
TRICOLOR ON THEIR CHESTS, WENT TO THE SALA UNIRII, FORMERLY CALLED SALA CAZIONULUI, FOR

WHO MADE THE GREAT UNION TO DECIDE THE UNION OF TRANSYLVANIA WITH ROMANIA.

•THE DEMONSTRATION BEGAN WITH THE SPEECH OF GHEORGHE POP DE BĂSEŞTI,

PRESIDENT OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, WHO RECALLED THE GREAT MOMENTS OF THE NATIONAL
STRUGGLE OF THE ROMANIANS, EMPHASIZING: "WE WANT TO BREAK THE CHAINS OF OUR SOUL
SLAVERY BY REALIZING THE GREAT DREAM OF MIHAI VITEAZUL: THE UNION OF ALL THE ONE
LANGUAGE AND ONE LAW, IN A SINGLE AND UNDIVIDED ROMANIAN STATE".

•LATER, VASILE GOLDIȘ TOOK THE FLOOR AND SAID: "NATIONS MUST BE LIBERATED.
AMONG THESE NATIONS IS THE ROMANIAN NATION FROM HUNGARY, BANAT, TRANSYLVANIA. THE
WHOLE WORLD RECOGNIZES THE RIGHT OF THE ROMANIAN NATION TO BE FREED, OUR ENEMIES
FOR CENTURIES ALSO RECOGNIZE IT NOW."

•THEN FOLLOWED THE SPEECH OF ȘTEFAN CICIO POP, THE PRESIDENT OF THE GREAT
NATIONAL COUNCIL, AND THEN IOAN SUCIU DECLARED ALL 1,228 DELEGATES VERIFIED AND
PROCEEDED TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY.

•VASILE GOLDIȘ READ THE RESOLUTION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY AND ASKED FOR THE
UNANIMOUS ACCEPTANCE OF THE PROJECT, AND THE HALL ANSWERED HIM: "WE ACCEPT. WE ALL
RECEIVE. WE RECEIVE EVERYTHING".

•THEN IOSIF JUMANCA, ALEXANDRU VAIDA-VOEVOD, BISHOP DEMETRIU RADU, BISHOP

IOAN IGNATIE PAPP TOOK THE FLOOR AND THE WORKS WERE CLOSED TO THE CHORDS OF THE
HYMN "WAKE UP ROMANIAN".

THE UNION, HARDLY ACCEPTED BY THE
GREAT POWERS
•VOTED BY THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN ALBA IULIA, THE
UNION WAS ACCEPTED BY THE GREAT POWERS ONLY AFTER
THE PARIS PEACE CONFERENCE OF 1919-1920 AND AFTER
LONG DIPLOMATIC ACTIONS IN WHICH LEADING POLITICIANS
OF ROMANIA PARTICIPATED, BUT EVEN QUEEN MARIA, WHO
HE PERSONALLY WENT TO THE CAPITAL OF FRANCE.
•ON OCTOBER 15, 1922, IN ALBA IULIA, FERDINAND I
WAS CROWNED KING OF ALL ROMANIANS, ALONGSIDE QUEEN
MARIA, DURING THE SERVICE OFFICIATED BY PATRIARCH
MIRON CRISTEA, THE CROWNS WERE CONSECRATED AND THE
SOVEREIGNS WERE BLESSED, AND OUTSIDE, THE KING AND
QUEEN WERE - THEY PLACED PURPLE AND ERMINE ON THEIR
SHOULDERS, AND CROWNS ON THEIR HEADS.