Pyongyang, July 27 (KCNA) -- A reception was given at the Mokran House, the People's Palace of Culture, Okryu Restaurant and Chongryu Restaurant on Friday to celebrate the 71st anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War. Present there on invitation were war veterans and persons of wartime merit attending the celebrations. Senior Party and government officials, including Kim Tok Hun and Choe Ryong Hae, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, and leading officials of the armed forces organs, were on hand. Congratulatory speeches were made at the reception. The speakers warmly congratulated the participants in the Fatherland Liberation War on the day of auspicious event of all the people, the glorious holiday of victory of the DPRK, saying that we have recorded the 71st V-Day the great victorious wartime generation provided for the times and history by devoting their all precious things. The noble mental world and the revolutionary life of the war veterans serves as a model for the descendants and nutrition for their growth, they said, adding that the indomitable spirit and fortitude of the victorious wartime generation gave birth to the great spirit and disposition and opened up the road of prosperity. Saying that every age and every generation of our country is characterized with the name of victory and our national name and flag are brilliantly shining as the symbol of miraculous heroism and the banner of anti-imperialist struggle, they stressed our Party and people always remember that this proud history is associated with the precious sacrifice, blood and sweat of the generation of war veterans. The speakers said that the rising generations would continue to win only victories in the grand creation struggle for the national sovereignty and prosperity and surely attain the goal of a powerful country with the indomitable revolutionary spirit, mission of defenders and the undaunted fighting stamina bequeathed by the brave wartime fighters, hoping that the war veterans would spend their days in high honor and happiness under the respects and warm care of all the people, along with the vigorous advance of the country. The participants in the reception toasted to the good health of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, to the eternal prosperity of the DPRK desired by the revolutionary forerunners and to the health of the victorious wartime generation.