HOMELAND GRATITUDE DAY COMMEMORATED IN VUKOVAR

( Editorial: --> 1863 ) VUKOVAR, Aug 5 (Hina) - Croatia's Homeland Gratitude Day was commemorated on Wednesday in the eastern city of Vukovar where wreaths were laid and candles lit in memory of all killed and missing Croatian citizens during the Homeland War. At the Cross of Victims for a Free Croatia, where the Vuka River meets the Danube, wreaths were laid this morning on behalf of the City of Vukovar by Deputy Mayor Stipo Seremet and the Croatian Democratic Union (HDZ) by Vukovar HDZ branch president Petar Mlinaric. Wreaths were also laid at the Main Cross in the Avenue of Croatian Defenders at Vukovar's New Cemetery. A large number of Croatian citizens from other parts of Croatia also visited Vukovar today. They arrived in several buses with Croatian flags, wanting to spend Homeland Gratitude Day in the city which symbolised Croatia's resistance to Serbian aggression. (Hina) mbr 051451 MET aug 98