Traditionally, Liberation Day started with the formal wreath-laying ceremony at the city monuments.
With the national honors and the National Guard of Serbia, Minister of Defense Bratislav Gašić partook in the ceremony at the Monument to Fallen Members of the Army, Police, and Army Reserves in 1991 – 1999.
The following also participated in the ceremony: Mayor Ivan Manojlović and President of City Assembly Dragana Barišić, Head of Rasina Administrative District Ivan Anđelić, Police Commissioner Ivan Milenković, and representatives of the veteran associations and organizations: the Association of War Veterans of the National Liberation Wars (SUBNOR), Builders of Peace, Movement “Heart of a Hero”, Army Officer Reserves Association, Gendarmery Veteran Association, Battle Brotherhood…
Afterwards, the wreath-laying ceremony contitnued near the two mounds of the Slobodište Memorial Complex, and the Monument to the Fallen in Wars 1912 – 1918.
The ceremony of paying tribute to the fallen heroes was attended by the Twin City delegations, representatives of the City of Kruševac, directors of the institutions and companies of City of Kruševac, political parties, freedom associations, family members, and citizens.
The central ceremony occurred at the Monument to Red Army, where President of City Assembly Dragana Barišić and Deputy Mayor Snežana Radojković laid wreaths, together with the Twin City delegations from Russia, Greece, and Romania, in addition to the numerous associations and organizations.
President of City Assembly Barišić and Deputy Radojković, together with the Russian delegation, laid flowers at the Monument to the Russian Soldier.
