The President of the Hellenic Republic Caterina Sakellaropoulou and Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis are laying a wreath at the Monument to the Unknown Soldier on the occasion of the Greek Revolution of the 25th of March, protothema.gr reports.
Due to the coronavirus crisis this year for the first time, the military parades will not take place.
Instead, as the leadership of the country will lay the wreath 4 Air Force Mirage 2000/-5 Mk2 fighter jets and 6 Army and Navy helicopters will fly over Syntagma Square.
At 11:30 in Observation Post 1 in Kastanies, Evros, the guard presented arms to the flag under the sound of the Greek National Anthem, while at the same time a pair of Greek F-16s flew over Alexandroupolis, Kavala, Lemnos, Lesvos and Chios.
At the same time pairs of F-16 flew over:
– Thessaloniki, Kastoria, Ioannina, Corfu, Preveza, Aktio, Mesolongi,
– Chania, Kos, Rhodes, Kastelorizo, Karpathos, Kaso, Agios Nikolaos, Heraklion, Rethymnon,
– Patras, Tripoli, Sparta, Kalamata, Gythio, Pyrgos, Araxos,
– Larissa, Volos, Skyros, Samos, Psara, Kalymnos and Patmos.
During the flight over Athens, a Greek F-16 pilot broadcast the following touching message:
“Greek women and men, let us continue, all together, to give meaning to the sacrifices of our ancestors. During the 199 years since the Revolution of ’21 that we honor today, Greece had many glorious moments but also faced many difficulties and always came out stronger. This is what’s going to happen now, too. Happy Anniversary to all of us. Happy Anniversary to Greece!”
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