In their entirety and with all solemnity, the municipalities her Attica they honor her today National Anniversary of “NOher October 28th. Already on Friday, the cities were “dressed” in blue and white, after each municipal Authority did a general flag decoration of the streets and municipal buildings, as well as the lighting for this three-day period. The masters of ceremonies were appointed by the mayors and the full program of events was announced, which began early this morning with the joyful ringing of church bells.

After the official eulogy in the holy temples, wreaths are laid on the monuments of each municipality, the solemn speeches of the mayors and local authorities, the observance of a minute’s silence in memory of the heroically fallen and the playing of the National Anthem.

The events culminate with the parades of students, scouts, local and sports clubs, which in most municipalities are scheduled for 12 noon.

Beyond that, several municipalities have also planned some other events for this period. In fact, the municipality of Vrilissi held a special event before the anniversary and will hold another one the day after tomorrow, Wednesday (10/30, 18:00) at M. Theodorakis park. It is a lecture of the Free University of the municipality on the topic “Searching for the dead of the Epic 1940-41” and is dedicated to those who were left unburied or roughly buried in the Greek-Albanian mountains. Last week an event was organized under the auspices of the municipality about the action and contribution of the Hellenic Red Cross in the 1940 saga.

The municipality of Aegaleo organized a Student Painting Exhibition for the 80th anniversary of the Nazi atrocity in the city, which took place on September 29, 1944 with executions and the destruction of the Ai Giorgi district. The Exhibition had as its subject the specific event, with the aim of spreading the anti-fascist and anti-war message to the younger generations. The students’ drawings were presented at the “Yiannis Ritsos” Cultural Center on the two days of October 24 and 25, while a special event was held, during which actors from the municipality’s theater group narrated testimonies of victims of that period.

The municipality of Megara held an event at the Stratoudakeio Cultural Center for the 80th anniversary of the liberation of Megara from the German occupation troops, with rare video material, short films related to the subject, as well as photographic material that is being exhibited for the first time.

The municipality of Acharnon co-organized with the Montessori Schools an event entitled “October 28: Army and the Artistic World”, the municipality of Byron organized a musical tribute “The guerrillas of the cities and the rebetikas of the Occupation”, the municipality of Kallithea a music-theatrical performance for its anniversary “NO” yesterday Sunday at the Municipal Theater of the city, the municipality of Papagou-Cholargo also yesterday, held an event on the theme “NO and the impact of the Second World War”, the municipality of Mandras-Idyllia will hold this coming Sunday (3/11 , 12:00) event in memory of Sminagos Ioannis Sakellariou, who fell heroically fighting in an air battle with Italian bombers and the municipality of Chalandrio will hold an event on Friday (1/11, 7:30 p.m.) at the Youth Center with the theme “1940- 1950, the great decade”, where the historian and writer Kostis Karpozilos and the brothers Yiannis and Nikos Motsios, who experienced the crucial events of the decade, from the Resistance to the Civil War, will speak and will give their personal testimony.

Finally, today immediately after the student parade, the municipality of Amarousiou will hold an anniversary event at the Art and Culture Center with the participation of the mixed choir of “Agia Filothei Amarousiou” and the municipality of Agia Varvara, in the hall of the Municipal Council, an event of memory and honor for the executed by the Nazis in the city in September 1944.