Marking the Anniversary of the Deaths of Field Marshals Živojin Mišić, Petar Bojović and Army General Pavle Jurišić Šturm

Sunday, 20.1.2019 | Culture and traditions

The anniversary of the deaths of field marshals Živojin Mišić and Petar Bojović and Army General Pavle Jurišić Šturm was marked today at the New Cemetery in Belgrade with a wreath-laying ceremony.

The State Secretary of the Ministry of Labor, Employment, Veterans and Social Affairs, Zoran Antić led the state ceremony. Wreaths and flowers were laid by the Deputy Mayor of Belgrade, Goran Vesić, a delegation of the Ministry of Defence and the Serbian Armed Forces led by Deputy Commander, Training Command, Brigadier General Jelesije Radivojević, descendants of the prominent military leaders, representatives of associations that foster the Serbian liberation wars tradition, as well as citizens.

After the wreath-laying ceremony, the Deputy Mayor of Belgrade, Goran Vesić said that “it is essential to foster a remembrance culture and that young generations know what these people did for our country and how much they should follow their bright example.

– A nation that does not remember its history and not ready to pay tribute to people who gave their lives or wove their lives into what we are today certainly could not plan their future well, Vesic said and thanked the Ministry of Defence for launching this initiative a few years ago.

Field marshals Živojin Mišić and Petar Bojović and Army General Pavle Jurišić Šturm took part in Serbian-Turkish wars (1876–1878), Serbian-Bulgarian War of 1885, the Balkan Wars and the First World War.

All three died in Belgrade—Živojin Mišić on January 20, 1921, Petar Bojović on January 19, 1945, and Pavle Jurišić Šturm on January 14, 1922.

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