The laying of wreaths on the Monument dedicated to Duke Petar Bojović marked the anniversary of the liberation of Niš in the First World War. The flower wreaths were laid by the Niš City Mayor Dragana Sotirovski, with the Deputy Dušica Davidović and the Member of Niš City Council Miroslav Djokić. Wreaths were laid by the delegations of the Serbian Army, Nišava Administrative District, Police Administration in Niš, the representatives of the Russian-Serbian Humanitarian Center, delegations of the city municipalities of Palilula, Niška Banja and Pantelej, the representatives of Niš associations that nurture the traditions of liberation wars and descendants.

Historian Dušan Andrejic spoke about Niš as the war capital in the Great War and the liberation of the city. Branislav Bojović, a descendant of Duke Petar Bojović, addressed the audience, saying that „the time has come when the role of Duke Petar Bojović iis given the place that belongs to him in history“. Niš was liberated on October 12, 1918, when units of the First Serbian Army led by Duke Petar Bojović marched into the city. From July 1914 to October 1915, Niš was the war capital, the seat of the Government and the National Assembly of Serbia.