Public holidays in Liberia
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A public holiday, national holiday or legal holiday is a holiday generally established by law and is usually a non-working day during the year....
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Liberia
Liberia , officially the Republic of Liberia, is a country in West Africa. It is bordered by Sierra Leone on the west, Guinea on the north and Côte d'Ivoire on the east. Liberia's coastline is composed of mostly mangrove forests while the more sparsely populated inland consists of forests that open...
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| January 1 | New Year's Day New Year's Day New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first day of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as the Julian calendar used in ancient Rome... |
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| January 7 | Pioneer's Day | Commemorates the first Americo-Liberian Americo-Liberian Americo-Liberians are a Liberian ethnicity of African American descent. The sister ethnic group of Americo Liberians are the Sierra Leone Creole people who are of African American, West Indian, and liberated African descent... s to arrive in 1820 with the help of the American Colonization Society American Colonization Society The American Colonization Society , founded in 1816, was the primary vehicle to support the "return" of free African Americans to what was considered greater freedom in Africa. It helped to found the colony of Liberia in 1821–22 as a place for freedmen... . |
| February 11 | Armed Forces Day Armed Forces Day Several nations of the world hold an annual Armed Forces Day in honor of their military forces. - Armenia :Բանակի օր is celebrated on 28 January to commemorate the formation of the armed forces of the newly independent Republic of Armenia in 1992.... |
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| Second Wednesday of March | Decoration Day Decoration Day Decoration Day is the former name of Memorial Day in the United States, and may also refer to:*Decoration Day , a song by Sonny Boy Williamson I, later performed by John Lee Hooker*Decoration Day , a 2003 album by Drive-By Truckers... |
Day to decorate the graves of ancestors. |
| March 15 | J.J. Roberts' Birthday Joseph Jenkins Roberts Joseph Jenkins Roberts was the first and seventh President of Liberia. Born free in Norfolk, Virginia, USA, Roberts emigrated to Liberia in 1829 as a young man. He opened a trading store in Monrovia, and later engaged in politics... |
Day to celebrate the Birthday of the First president of Liberia |
| April 12 | National Redemption Day | Anniversary of the coup d'état Coup d'état A coup d'état state, literally: strike/blow of state)—also known as a coup, putsch, and overthrow—is the sudden, extrajudicial deposition of a government, usually by a small group of the existing state establishment—typically the military—to replace the deposed government with another body; either... led by Samuel Doe Samuel Doe Samuel Kanyon Doe was the 21st President of Liberia, serving from 1986 until his assassination in 1990. He had previously served as Chairman of the People's Redemption Council from 1980 to 1986. He was the first indigenous head of state in Liberian history.Doe was a part of a rural tribe in inland... in 1980. |
| Second Friday of April | Fast and Prayer Day | |
| May 14 | National Unification Day | |
| May 25 | Africa Day Africa Day Africa Day is the annual commemoration on May 25 of the 1963 founding of the Organisation of African Unity . On this day, leaders of 30 of the 32 independent African states signed a founding charter in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In 1991, the OAU established the African Economic Community, and in 2002... |
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| July 26 | Independence Day Independence Day An Independence Day is an annual event commemorating the anniversary of a nation's assumption of independent statehood, usually after ceasing to be a colony or part of another nation or state, and more rarely after the end of a military occupation... |
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| August 24 | Flag Day Flag Day A flag day is a flag-related holiday—either a day designated for flying a certain flag , or a day set aside to celebrate a historical event such as a nation's adoption of its flag.... |
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| First Thursday of November | Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Thanksgiving Day is a holiday celebrated primarily in the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving is celebrated each year on the second Monday of October in Canada and on the fourth Thursday of November in the United States. In Canada, Thanksgiving falls on the same day as Columbus Day in the... |
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| November 29 | William Tubman's Birthday William Tubman William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman was a Liberian politician. He was the 19th President of Liberia from 1944 until his death in 1971.... |
the Birthday of the longest serving President in Liberia |
| December 25 | Christmas Christmas Christmas or Christmas Day is an annual holiday generally celebrated on December 25 by billions of people around the world. It is a Christian feast that commemorates the birth of Jesus Christ, liturgically closing the Advent season and initiating the season of Christmastide, which lasts twelve days... |