holidays
May 19,
Remembrance Day (Sri Lanka)
Remembrance Day (Sri Lanka)
Remembrance Day, also known as National War Heroes Commemoration Day, is a memorial day observed in Sri Lanka since the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War, which is observed to commemorate the war heroes which fought in the war and the civilians who were killed in the war from both sides. Remembrance Day is observed on 19 May, which marks the decisive victory of the Sri Lankan Army against the rebel Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and the end of the Sri Lankan Civil War, on 18 May 2009.
May 19
May 19 is the 139th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 226 days remain until the end of the year.