‘Victory at great sacrifice’
The National Flag flutters all over the country
today and this was the first time that I am addressing a public
rally with thousands of national flags displayed but we should
remember that the freedom to hoist the flag from Dondra Head to
Point Pedro was given to us by thousands of our valiant Armed Forces
who had sacrificed their lives to liberate the country.
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Human deluge
Honours war heroes:
They came in their tens, dozens, scores and
hundreds totaling over two hundred thousand people from all walks of
life, with the Lion flags aflutter, a riot of colour and joy in the
very air while they marched from the Campbell Park Colombo to the
Parliament grounds, Kotte
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A Ranaviru commemorative flower
President Mahinda Rajapaksa yesterday proposed
the naming of Sri Lanka’s version of the famous Poppy flower to
honour the valiant soldiers who laid down their lives for the
Motherland.
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