National War Heroes Commemoration Month kicks off

The National War Heroes Flag was pinned on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the President’s House yesterday declaring the official start of War Heroes Commemoration Month.

Ranaviru Seva Authority (RSA) Chairman Maj. Gen. (Retd) Nandana Senadheera pinned the first War Heroes Flag on the President.

The War Heroes Commemoration Month commemorates the brave war heroes who sacrificed their lives for a free and independent country by putting an end to the terrorism that ravaged the country for more than three decades.

The War Heroes Commemoration Month commences from the day the National War Heroes Flag was pinned on the President.

State Minister of Defence Prof. G.L. Peiris, and Ranaviru Seva Authority Director Major General Kithsiri Ekanayake (Retd) were also present at the occasion.