Vukovar - 30 years after

November is the month in which we remember the most terrible destruction and suffering in the Homeland War. "Vukovar - a place of special patriotic piety", is the slogan of this year's 26th Column of Remembrance and the 33rd anniversary of the destruction of Vukovar. It will be led by Vukovar veterans and family members of the dead and missing. Commemoration of the Day of Remembrance of the Vukovar Victims in 1991 and the Day of the Fall of Vukovar. The commemoration of the Remembering Day of the Victims of Vukovar in 1991 and the break down of Vukovar. 

The traditional event of the central program take place on 18 November.

As in previous years, the parade of remembrance will be led by Croatian defenders of Vukovar and members of the families of killed, missing, killed, forcibly abducted and deceased Croatian defenders. protocol of laying wreaths and Holy Mass. The walk is from the Vukovar hospital to the memorial cemetery.

The commemoration will be also held in other cities in Croatia and around the world. Citizens light candles while praying in the silence tributing to the fallen veterans and civilians, and especially to the victims of Vukovar and Škabrnja. Zagreb traditionally participates in lighting thousands of lanterns along the 5 km long Vukovarska street. Each city has its own Vukovarska Street, which will be illuminated by thousands of lanterns that day.

Vukovar still lives among the citizens of the Republic of Croatia, and every year they remember with reverence the sacrifice that Vukovar made to make Croatia an independent and free state.

The parade of remembrance started under the direction of the City Government of the City of Vukovar and the Association of Veterans of the City of Vukovar, as well as the citizens, back in 1997.

 Srećko Vukov