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🇱🇷 National Flag Day in Liberia
Celebrates the adoption of the Liberian flag
Date in Liberia
August 24
Instituted1915
Celebrates the adoption of the national flag.
Commemorates the adoption of the Liberian flag in 1847, established as a holiday in 1915
How National Flag Day is observed in Liberia
Historical significance
Established to promote national unity and pride in the national flag.
Public life in Liberia
BanksClosed
SchoolsClosed
Government officesClosed
Calendar & celebration
Calendar systems
Gregorian
On this day in African history
- 1950 Edith Sampson becomes the first black U.S. delegate to the United Nations. · United States
- 1977 Egypt and Libya exchange prisoners of war captured during the Four-Day War. · Egypt
- 2004 Kenya's Olympic runners sweep all three medals in the 3000-metre men's Steeplechase at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. · Kenya
- 2004 Kenya's Olympic runners sweep all three medals in the men's 3000-metre steeplechase at the Summer Olympic Games in Athens, Greece. · Kenya