Former President Mahinda Rajapaksa, Speaker Mahinda Yapa Abeywardena, State Minister of Defense Pramitha Bandara Tennakoon, Chief of Defense Staff General Shavendra Silva, Army Commander Lieutenant General Vikum Liyanage, Air Force Commander Air Marshal Udeni Rajapaksa, Navy Commander Vice Admiral Priyantha Perera, Inspector General of Police Deshabandu Tennakoon, Former Army Commander Field Marshal Sarath Fonseka, former Navy Commander Admiral of the Fleet Wasantha Karannagoda, former Air Force Commander Marshal of the Air Roshan Gunathilake, Ministers and MPs, Chief of Staff to the President Sagala Ratnayake, government officials, officials including Chairman of Ranaviru Seva Authority Major General Nishantha Manage, war heroes, and members of families of war heroes joined this event.