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Crown Prince Alexander pays tribute to 1915 defenders of Belgrade

Belgrade, 6 October 2015 – Organized by the Kingdom of Serbia Association Belgrade City Board and the First Belgrade High School. The 1915 defenders of Belgrade were honored today, at the monument dedicated to those heroes at the Danube quay in Dorcol.

The ceremony was attended by HRH Crown Prince Alexander, the grandson of the Supreme Commander of the Serbian army in the Great War and HRH Crown Princess Katherine, accompanied by the members of the Crown Council, Professor Dragoljub Kavran, Mr. Vladan Zivulovic, Mr Miki Savicevic and Mr. Darko Spasic, as well as by the author of the monument Nikola Kolja Milunovic.

His Royal Highness Crown Prince Alexander laid a laurel wreath at the monument to the heroes who gave their lives in 1915 in the defense of Belgrade, and then addressed the audience:

“It is a great honour to address you today, a hundred years after the heroic defence of Belgrade in the Great war. At this place, our ancestors showed the whole world how to love and defend freedom. Our army and civilians stood up in defence of our capital and our country. The days between the fifth and tenth October 1915 were filled with examples of great heroism. Under the supreme command of my grandfather, King Alexander, our soldiers boldly rushed to certain death, not sparing their lives. One such charge was led by the famous major Gavrilovic whose words will always resound in our hearts and in our historical memory. Such examples of heroism show the path into the future. I am very glad that the students of the First Belgrade High School participated in marking the centenary of the defence of Belgrade in the Great War. With young generations who know and respect their history we will surely have a successful future. I am sure that the future generations will be proud of our ancestors, just as we are proud of them today” – emphasised Crown Prince Alexander.

Beside His Royal Highness, wreaths were laid by representative of the Russian Ambassador, Principal of the school, representatives of Kingdom of Serbia Association, and speeches were delivered by Mr. Alexander Andrejic, principal of the First Belgrade High School and Mr. Milos Pavkovic, president of the Belgrade City Board of the Kingdom of Serbia Association, whose patron is HRH Crown Prince Alexander.

The ceremony began with the sounds of the national anthem “God of Justice” in the interpretation of the choir “King Peter I”, and continued with a drama program performed by the students of the First Belgrade High School. The ceremonial part of the program was completed by performing a composition “There Far Away”.