On the 1st of June 114th Croatian Army brigade, first reserved brigade, celebrated 19th anniversary of forming by laying flowers and lighting candles in memory of the fallen victims for Croatian freedom.

Headed by their military commanders, around hundred brigade members along with associations of the sufferers from Homeland war, and County, city and municipal representatives, laid flowers and lit candles by the central cross at the Croatian veterans cemetery Lovrinac. As a memory of the fallen members of Croatian Army who were employees of Diokom, flowers was laid in front of the building of ex.Diokom and in the Park of Croatian Martyrs in Brodosplit.

The wholly mass took place in the church of Saint Ante in Poljud and it was led by the monk Ante Kekez, while the wholly release was given at the cemetery Lovrinac by Don Branimir Projić.

The gathering of the present was organized at the premises of the church after the mass, and the main subject was the celebration of the 20th anniversary where all members, current and former, will be invited.

This year, 18 November 2009 members of the Homeland War Veterans Association Brodosplit on their traditional way of celebrating the Day of remembrance for the victims of aggression on Vukovar 1991. year include the six members of its newly formed motorcycle - sections that are put off engines.

In addition to marking the anniversary of participation in the column of memory, release of candles down the river Dunav, were organized and meetings with fellow fighters from UDVDR County Vukovarsko-Srijemska, UDVDR city of Vukovar, Sport fishing association BOROVO RESORT 91 from Vukovar, and arranged to meet with the family Joseph and Mary Ivankovic from Šarengrad.

"On this occasion we feel called to inform the Croatian public, which for years deceiving the number of participants of this important event, contrary to official published figures and the endless variety in the column memories Croatians truly showed how mean their shrines - the victim offered on the altar of the homeland," said Goran Zlopaša, president of the Homeland War Veterans Association Brodosplit.

18^th anniversary of Second police and Shipyard’s battalion and 11 years of Homeland War Veterans Association Brodosplit was celebrated on October 16, 2008, when members of Association laid down the flowers and lighted the candles on the memory of deceased defenders in the Park of Croatian Martyrs in round shipyard. It was followed by the mass in the church of Saint Ante in Poljud and by the general meeting in the rooms of Football club “Hajduk”, in Poljud.

However, the foundation of 114 th brigade was the first battalion, so called “Shipyard’s battalion”, which was founded on of October 16, 1990 as Second police battalion. The battalion started to operate in January 1991 and was formed of Shipyard’s volunteers.

After the June 1 and after the foundation of 114 th brigade volunteers of other companies from Split joined the battalion. They were from Diokom, HPT, Dalma, Promet, Koteks, Brodomerkur, and volunteers from Omiš, Solin, Trogir and Dugopolje. That was the formation of one very strong battalion whose headquarters was precisely at Brodosplit.

Only to remind, first commanding officer of Shipyard’s battalion was Stipe Bilokapić and chief of staff lieutenant Josip Tešija. First commanding officer of 114 th brigade was brigadier Ante Čatlak.

Members of Shipyard’s battalion as well as members of 114 th brigade participated in most of the actions on area of Drniš and south battlefield, as well as in operations Winter 94, Summer 95 and “Oluja”.