Liberia Flag Day
Liberia Flag Day is held on August 24. The adoption of Liberia's flag followed close on the heels of their declaration of independence on 16 July 1847. This event in the third decade of the month August is annual.
The flag they designed was adopted on 24 August 1847, about a month after Liberia had declared independence on 26 July 1847. The day the flag was adopted, the nation held a celebration in Monrovia. There, the flag was unfurled to the public for the first time, and Susannah Lewis gave a patriotic speech.
The first national flag of Liberia was adopted in 1827; it is very similar to the flag of the United States as it was a Colony of the United States of America previously. It featured eleven red and white stripes with a blue square and white cross in the left hand corner.