The Armed Forces Remembrance and Poppy flower celebration Day commemoration ceremony was held on 16th of November 2025 at the Cenotaph War Memorial at Viharamahadevi Park in Colombo, under the patronage of Prime Minister Dr. Harini Amarasuriya. The Cenotaph War Memorial has been built in memory of war heroes from Sri Lanka (then Ceylon) who were killed in action during World War I and World War II. It was designed by the architect Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens. This monument is one of the oldest and most significant war memorials in Sri Lanka, and the national commemoration ceremony is held here…
PM pays tribute to fallen war heroes at Remembrance and Poppy Day ceremony
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