Celebrates the adoption of the Liberian flag
Commemorates the adoption of the Liberian flag in 1847, established as a holiday in 1915
Public
National Flag Day
Celebrates the adoption of the Liberian flag
What this holiday commemorates
On this day in African history
- 1859 Construction of the Suez Canal, connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas, begins.
- 1944 The United Negro College Fund is incorporated in the United States. · United States
- 1954 British raid Nairobi, Kenya, arresting 25,000 Mau Mau suspects. · Kenya
- 1961 France conducted its fourth nuclear bomb test in the Sahara Desert. · Algeria
- 1961 Holden Roberto meets with United States President John F. Kennedy to coordinate support and discuss plans for the Angolan resistance. · United States