Battle of Crete: The events for the 81st anniversary in the Venetian port
The Cretans honored the events for its 81st anniversary Battle of Crete. Local traditional clubs started their parade from Nautical Museum of Crete in the Venetian port at Chania and ended up in Katehaki Square.
Representatives of traditional clubs held banners in their hands, parading in front of officials and people who arrived at the spot to watch the event.
Earlier, the official doxology in the metropolitan church of the Assumption of the Virgin.
The government was represented by the Deputy Minister of Climate Crete and Civil Protection Evangelos Tournasin a statement he referred to the Battle of Crete and the joint struggle of the Cretans and allies who, as he stressed, “all rose up and armed love of freedom which is identified with the meaning of the Cretan, they fought the fight in favor of everything to face it intruder and they achieved a feat that he wrote in golden letters in the history of the Greek nation “.
At the same time, Mr. Tournas pointed out that, “today, all together, we are moving forward for a modern Greece, which is a pillar of stability and peace in the wider region.
At the same time, however, we send the timeless message that the fundamental values and principles of freedom and territorial sovereignty are non-negotiable, following and respecting the legacy left to us by heroic fighters of the Battle of Crete “.
The events for 81st anniversary of the Battle of Crete completed in the afternoon at the historic Maleme Airport.