The guards of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up at the cemeteries.

Present at the wreath-laying ceremonies were 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 (WPK), Ri Yong Gil, O Su Yong and Pak Thae Song, secretaries of the Central Committee of the WPK, and other officials of the WPK Central Committee and officials of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly (SPA), the Cabinet, ministries, national institutions and armed forces organs.

Present at the wreath-laying ceremonies were war veterans, students of revolutionary schools, youth and students.

Amid the playing of the wreath-laying music, wreaths in the names of the Central Committee of the WPK, the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, the SPA Standing Committee of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK were laid at the wreath-laying stands of the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong, the Patriotic Martyrs Cemetery in Sinmi-ri and the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery.

The participants paid silent tribute to the memory of the martyrs who devoted their all to the struggle for the liberation and prosperity of the country, and the accomplishment of the socialist cause.

The participants looked round the cemeteries.