‘Poppy Day’ Commemoration Begins Pinning Poppy Flower

A representative group of the Sri Lanka Ex-Servicemen’s Association (SLESA) this morning (20) called at the Army Headquarters and formally inaugurated the forthcoming Poppy Day (Remembrance Day) commemoration arrangements by pinning the first Poppy flower on the Commander of the Army, Lieutenant General Mahesh Senanayake.

Brigadier K.A Gnanaweera (Retd), President, SLESA and Lieutenant Colonel A.K Siyambalapitiya (Retd) Secretary General, SLESA, together with Major General E.M.M Ambanpola (Retd) met the Commander of the Army and received his blessings for the project and shared a couple of thoughts with him.

President, SLESA pinned the Poppy Day flag on the Commander of the Army and the Commander in return made a symbolic contribution towards the project.

All arrangements are underway for the commemoration ceremony on the World Poppy Day at the War Heroes’ cenotaph at Vihara Maha Devi Park. The formal information to that effect was also intimated to the Commander during the pinning ceremony.

The word Poppy has become a familiar symbol of ‘Remembrance Day’ with the famous poem ‘In Flanders Field’. Those Poppies as legends say blossomed across some of the battlefields of Flanders after the World War - I. Their brilliant red colour since then has been regarded the appropriate symbol for the blood spilled in the war.jordan Sneakers | adidas