Valahia University hosts symposium marking 30 years of the Cult of Heroes Association

Valahia University in Târgoviște hosted the anniversary symposium ‘Cult of Heroes: Three Decades of Activity in Dâmbovița,’ organized by the ‘Mihai Viteazul’ Dâmbovița Branch of the ‘Regina Maria’ National Cult of Heroes Association.

The event featured speeches from Archbishop and Metropolitan of Târgovița, Dr. Nifon, alongside representatives from the Dâmbovița County Council, the Târgoviște City Hall, the Prefect's Institution, and Valahia University. Col. (rtr) Gheorghe Șerban presented an anniversary report detailing thirty years of efforts by volunteers, reserve officers, professors, and priests to inventory and rehabilitate hundreds of monuments and graves belonging to forgotten heroes.

Academic presentations included discussions by Professor Marian Curculescu on the 110th anniversary of Romania's entry into World War I and Lt. Col. Lucian Boboc on the significance of October 25, 1944, regarding the Romanian Army Day and the liberation of Transylvania. The symposium also included musical performances by the Art Canto Morena Ensemble and the 114th Tank Battalion Choir, and the launch of four new editorial publications.