President Iohannis: Heroes' unconditional service to their country is a model worth following

In a message sent on Thursday on the occasion of Heroes' Day, President Klaus Iohannis says that the way the heroes unconditionally served their country is an example worth following to the future generations.

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"On the occasion of Heroes Remembrance Day, our thoughts go with gratitude to all those who, with the price of the supreme sacrifice, have defended Romania's independence, integrity and sovereignty. Also etched in our memory are those who paid with their life the ideal of freedom of the 1989 Romanian Revolution. We also remember today the soldiers fallen in the theaters of operations or in other in-country or out-of-country missions. These heroes, known or unknown, offer us over time the most valuable lesson of self-sacrifice in the name of a supreme ideal, that of serving their fatherland. Their example of abnegation and devotion, the way they unconditionally served their country, is worth following by the future generations," the head of the state said in his message, the Presidential Administration informed.

President Klaus Iohannis attended on Thursday the Heroes' Day commemoration ceremony in the Carol Park, where he laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Under Law-Decree No. 1693 of May 4, 1920, Heroes' Day was established as a national holiday that is celebrated "nationwide with pomp in religious, school and military ceremonies" on the Day of the Ascension of Our Lord (on the 40th day after Easter).

The Parliament of Romania revived the decree in 1995 and in 2003, under the Law on war monuments and memorials, the Day of the Lord's Ascension was proclaimed a national holiday of the Romanian people. AGERPRES