CHICOPEE, Mass. (WWLP) – Chicopee Mayor John Vieau hosted a Sri Lanka flag raising ceremony at City Hall to celebrate the country’s independence. The south Asian country gained independence ...

Sri Lanka celebrates 60 years of Independence on February 4, 2008. At the Independence celebrations in 1948, the first Prime Minister of independent Sri Lanka hoisted the Lion Flag. The lion being ...

Lionel Bopage at Groundviews comments: “The National Flag of Sri Lanka represents the country and her heritage, but is also a rallying device that integrates the races within a majority and minority ...

Sri Lankans wave their national flag during a victory rally in Colombo to celebrate the defeat of the Tamil Tiger rebels in this May 22, 2009 file photo.

The Sri Lankan National Flag: When Vijaya, the first King of the island of Sri Lanka, arrived in Sri Lanka from India in 486 BC, he brought with him a flag with a symbol of a lion on it. Since then ...