calendar>>July 27. 2011 Juch 100
Wreaths and Floral Baskets Laid before Martyrs' Cemeteries and Monuments
Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) -- Wreaths and floral baskets were laid before the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt. Taesong, the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery and the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Memorial Tower with due ceremonies on July 27 on the 58th anniversary of the victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War.

Seen at the wreath-laying stands of the cemeteries were wreaths sent by Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and supreme commander of the Korean People's Army.

Attending the ceremonies were senior party, army and state officials, the chairperson of a friendly party, officials of the party, armed forces and power bodies, public organizations, ministries and national institutions, servicepersons of the KPA and the Korean People's Internal Security Forces and working people.

Wreaths in the name of the Central Committee of the WPK, the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly and Cabinet of the DPRK were laid at the stands of the cemeteries. A floral basket in the joint name of the Central Committee and the Central Military Commission of the WPK was laid before the main sculpture "Victory" of the memorial tower.

Also laid were wreaths and floral baskets in the name of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, the Ministry of People's Security, public organizations, ministries, national institutions, units of the KPA and the Korean People's Internal Security Forces, scientific, educational, public health and media institutions, party and power bodies and farms in Pyongyang.

Meanwhile, wreaths were laid before the statues of martyrs, the Monuments to the Fallen Fighters of the KPA, cemeteries and graves of martyrs across the country.

The military attaches corps here visited the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt. Taesong and the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Memorial Tower on the same day to lay a wreath and a floral basket.

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