On the occasion of the 76th anniversary of Lebanon's Independence, the Lebanese State will honor the men of independence by placing wreaths at their tombs in the name of the "Lebanese Republic".
The General Directorate of Protocol and Public Relations of the Lebanese Presidency, in coordination with the protocol directors of the Parliament and the Cabinet, issued a memorandum on the dates of laying wreaths and the names of representatives of the State, on Thursday, 21 November, according to the following:
- Statue of President Bechara El-Khoury, in Bechara El-Khoury Street: MP Nicolas Sahnaoui at 10:00am.
- Tomb of President Camille Chamoun, in Deir al-Qamar: MP Farid Boustani at 11:30am.
-Tomb of President Fouad Chehab, in Ghazir: MP Roger Azar at 10:00am.
-Tomb of Speaker of Parliament Adel Osayran, in the upper Cemetery, Sayda: MP Michel Moussa at 11:00am.
-Tomb of Speaker of Parliament Sabri Hamadeh, in Hermel: MP Ghazy Zeater at 11:00am.
-Tomb of Prime Minister Riad el-Solh, in Ouzai: MP Abdul Rahim Mrad at 10:00am.
-Tomb of Prime Minister Saeb Salam, in Martyr's cemetery, Kaskas: MP Nazih Najm at 10:45am.
-Tomb of Prime Minister Rafic Hariri, in Martyr's Square: MP Samir Jisir at 10:45am.
-Tomb of Price Majid Arslan, in Khalde: MP Cezar Abi Khalil at 11:00am.
-Tomb of Minister Hamid Frangieh, in Ehden: MP Estephan Doueihy, at 11:00am.
-Tomb of Minister Habib Abou Chahla, in St. Elias, Botnaya: MP Fady Alameh at 11:00am.
-Tomb of Cheikh Pierre Gemayel, in Bekfaya: MP Hagop Pakradounian at 11:00am.
-Tomb of Minister Salim Takla, in Zouk Mikhayel: MP Roger Azar at 11:30am.
-Tomb of Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Karame, in Tripoli: MP Nicolas Nahhas at 11:00am.
-Tomb of late Adnan Hakim, in Bachoura: MP Tarek Merhebi at 10:30am.
MP Farid Boustani will visit the Independence House in Bchamoun, at 12:30pm, on the same day, and MP Kassem Hachem will visit Rachaya Castle at 11:00am.
On Friday, November 22, Defense Minister Elias Bou Saab will lay a wreath at the base of the statue of Prince Fakhreddine, at the Ministry of National Defense, in the name of the Lebanese Republic, at 10:30am in Yarzeh.
MP Alain Aoun puts a wreath in front of the memorial plaque, in Zarif, where President Rene Mouawad was assassinated, at 2:00pm. Also, MP Cesar Abi Khalil will lay a wreath at the grave of the Martyr of Independence, Said Fakhreddine, in Ain Enoub, at 1:30pm on Friday November 22.
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