Even the fighter jets “bowed” to the Heroes of the Epic of ’40 via acting 3 double crossings between the Fighter’s Monument and the Prophet Elias hill, the place the majestic “NO” and the blue and white flag dominates, right through the historic occasions “KALPAKIA” held steadily since 1995 as an indication of honor and gratitude for the hundreds of fallen and non-combatants who fought for the hometown and freedom.
For ten days, the broader space of Kalpaki, which bore the brunt of the Italian assault, turned into the focal point of festive occasions with hundreds of holiday makers and guests strolling back from in all places the rustic for a transferring “pilgrimage” in historical past.
Voters visited the Battle Museum, the Katsimitro Cave the place key moments that marked Greek historical past came about, the picture exhibition with uncommon subject matter from the Battle Museum to finish the excursion of the Fighter’s Monument for the climax of the occasions.
In his greeting, the Mayor of Pogoni, Mr. Kon/nos Kapsalis, referred to the bravery that modified the process historical past in those holy lands. “We honor those that believed within the beliefs and fought to restore the morale of the Greeks to be able to achieve converting International Historical past eternally. The Epic of 1940, one of the heroic chapters of Greek historical past, was once written right here and can eternally remind us of the bravery, team spirit and resolution of the Greek other folks within the face of each problem,” he famous. On the identical time, he famous that quickly the Presidential Decree can be signed which can give an legitimate persona to the occasions.
Mr. Kapsalis didn’t fail to say the challenge of the Memorial of the Fallen which is in growth, only some meters from where the place the Reenactment is going down, which is being constructed with the give a boost to of the Speaker of the Parliament Mr. Costas Tasoulas and can honor the 13,976 Heroes who sacrificed themselves for a unfastened Greece.
The speech of the Rector of the College of Ioannina, Ms. Anna Batistatos, at the subject “The soldier’s talisman” was once specifically transferring and he or she emphasised, amongst different issues, “The costliest amulet is the affection of the mum and within the letters at the entrance that is the most typical position”.
The development culminated with the Reenactment of the Combat of Kalpaki through which squaddies of the eighth Mechanized Brigade, the Hellenic Purple Pass, revivalists, males, girls and kids from the Municipality of Pogoni participate.
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