25 April 2024: events in Brescia for the 79th anniversary of the Liberation.
In Brescia
On the occasion of the anniversary of the Liberation from the Nazi occupation and the fascist dictatorship, Brescia, a city decorated with a silver medal for military valor for the partisan struggle, confirms with renewed determination its loyalty to the values that animated the Resistance and inspired the Republican Constitution. Remembering the sacrifice of the fallen for Freedom and Democracy, the citizens of Brescia express their rejection of every form of totalitarianism, violence and oppression, wherever it occurs and reiterate their commitment to the affirmation of the ideals of freedom, democracy, peace and social justice.
April 25, 2024: the program
VANTINIAN CEMETERY
10.30 deposition of wreaths at the Partisan Shrine and Holy Mass
SQUARE OF THE LOGGIA
3.45pm concert by the City Band;
4.30pm meeting of the Partisan, Army and Combatant Associations, citizens and delegations from the Municipalities with banners;
17 laying of wreaths on the tombstones of Palazzo Loggia, to the Fallen in Piazza della Loggia and to the “Fallen of the city of Brescia for freedom (1943-1945)” in Largo Formentone;
5.30pm greetings from the Mayor of Brescia Laura Castelletti and the Partisan Associations;
5.45pm official speeches by two students, Marta Cremaschi and Christian Zoppini.
