The flag-raising and the blessing of the wreath bearers at the Tapiola Amfi start at 9:30 and last about 20 minutes.

Music will be performed by PPO Windband and Espoo’s veterans choir. A speech to the Finnish flag will be delivered by Fanni Mattsson, Chair of the Aalto University Student Union Board, and the wreath bearers will be blessed by Dean Ari Paavilainen.

Coffee and pastries can be bought from the soldiers’ home association’s van. The organisation’s activities bring generations together as they have been part of conscripts’ daily life for over 100 years.

You can also watch the raising of the flag at espoo.fi/stream. The event will be interpreted into Finnish sign language.

National Veterans’ Day on 27 April: Flag-raising

The event “National Veterans’ Day on 27 April: Flag-raising” has ended