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20th Night of Ancient Bonfires to commemorate Estonia's boat refugees

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On the last Saturday of August each year, bonfires are lit along the coasts of the Baltic Sea in a nod to historical coastal signal fires and to mark the end of summer. This weekend, the fires will be dedicated in Estonia to the memory of its 1940s boat refugees, many of whom departed from Estonia's shores in a bid for freedom but never reached safety.