First poppy flower pinned on President

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

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

The income generated by selling Poppy flowers is utilized for the welfare of the retired and disabled war veterans.

The Remembrance Day was commemorated in 1944 in Sri Lanka and this year it celebrates the 77th Poppy Flower Commemoration.

The 2021 Remembrance Day Commemoration will be held at the Cenotaph War Memorial at the Viharamahadevi Park on November 14 morning to commemorate the war heroes who sacrificed their lives during the First and Second World Wars as well as the civil conflicts in Sri Lanka for 30 years.

Many countries around the world commemorate the Remembrance Day on November 11 annually and the commemoration is also being held in Sri Lanka on the closest Sunday to November 11.