Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day of Croatian defenders and 26. Anniversary of Storm Operation
The traditional celebration of the greatest victory in the Homeland was held 5. August 2021. in Knin, where Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day and Croatian Veterans Day were marked, and 26. Anniversary of Storm Operation. To all the dead, Missing and deceased Croatian war veterans honored by state delegations at Storm monument 95 on the central Knin square, and the first wreath was laid by family members of the victims, dead and missing veterans, Croatian war invalids and representatives of associations from the Homeland War, after which the prayer was led by the Military Ordinary Bishop Jure Bogdan.
The central ceremony was held at the NK Dinara stadium in Knin, where part of the program from the Knin Fortress was broadcast via video wall. The church bells are ringing 9,43 symbolically marked the entry of members of the Croatian Army into Knin during the Storm, and on the mast from the top of the Knin fortress, like before 26 the Croatian flag fluttered for years.