The Artillery Command, in collaboration with the municipal administration of Bracciano and the local associations, organized, on Thursday 11 June, on the side of military ceremonies, the socio-cultural activities such as the conference on the "Central artillery shooting school" and the concert held by the Polyphonic Choir of Bracciano.
The first event was organized by the National Official Union on Italian Leave in the premises of the Municipal Historical Archive, while the musical event took place at the Sala Drappelle of the "Cosenz" Barracks and was attended by many civil authorities. and military.
In the "Montefinale" barracks, in the presence of the commander of the Terrestrial Operative Forces, general of the corps Alberto Primicerj, of the gonfalons of the municipality of Sabaudia, of Bracciano and of other neighboring municipalities, of the medals of the National Artillery Association of Italy, the deposition of a war memorial crown and a ceremony in arms took place in the labars of the combat and weapon associations.
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For the occasion, a training regiment composed of a battery of the training regiment of the Artillery Command, one of the Artillery Contraerei Command, one of the 185 ° artillery regiment paratroopers "Folgore" and a company of the 7 ° defense regiment NBC, the band was deployed of the Command Artillery Contraerea and a battery that, in historical uniform dating back to 1 ^ World War, made the final honors.
In his speech, the general Giovanni Domenico Pintus, commander of the Artillery and inspector of the Artillery Weapon, after having addressed a moved and reverent thought to the fallen and wounded in service, recalled the facts of arms and the deeds that they saw the Italian artillery protagonists during the "battle of the Solstice", fought between the 15 and the 23 on June 1918.
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Source: Command of Terrestrial Operations Forces
