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Military and religious ceremony will be organized in places where the military units are dislocated ocassioned by the Day of Heroes Thursday, May 20, 04 for the known and unknown fighters who died for the achievement of the national history.
Soldiers of the Ministry of National Defence will lay wreaths at the graves and the monuments of the heroes, will visit important historical places and will participate to specific actions dedicated to the Day of the Heroes.
The ceremony in Bucharest will start at 09.00 hours at the Monument of the Unknown Soldier, at the Graveyard of Heroes of Revolution (Calea Serban Voda), Graveyard of the WW II Heroes (Ghencea Military Graveyard) and starting 10.00 hours at “Filantropia “ Israeli Graveyard (Bd. Ion Mihalache).
The Day of Heroes was proclaimed as national festivity of the Romanian people by the Law 379 from 2003. The manifestations occasioned by this event are planned in Christian tradition in the Ascension Day.
MoND Press Office