Remembrance Day : The first Poppy flower pinned on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa

The first Poppy flower to commemorate Remembrance Day was pinned on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa at the Presidential Secretariat on August 28.

 

Chairman of the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association, Major General Upul Perera pinned the poppy flower on President Rajapaksa.

 

In remembrance of all the war heros  who sacrificed their lives in the World Wars, Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association organizes the Remembrance Day every year since 1944.