Independence Day in Ghana
Independence Day in Ghana is held on March 6. It celebrates the declaration of independence of Ghana from the UK in 1957. This event in the first decade of the month March is annual. 
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The Independence Day Official Anniversary Parade is being held at the Black Star square is observed by millions of Ghanaians. In the capital city of Accra, the nation celebrates Independence Day with a patriotic parade of school children, civil servants, and the armed forces. The President gives a speech of solidarity, and above it all flies the flag.
War II, Britain (United Kingdom) had begun the process of reducing its colonies around the world, including those Africa. The country become the first sub-Saharan African country to achieve independence from the UK. Nkrumah went on to become the first Prime Minister of Ghana. The leading independence hero and first president, Kwame Nkrumah, popularized the moniker, “Black Star of Africa” and declared the “independence of Ghana is meaningless unless it is linked with the total liberation of the African continent!”
Golda Meir, in Accra to set up Israel’s first embassy in Africa, complained about Ghanaian leaders seeming disinterest in concrete policy initiatives. For example, reminiscing about Osagyefo, she wrote, “He talked on one level, and I talked on another. He talked about the glories of freedom, and I talked about education, public health, and the need for Africa to produce its own teachers, technicians and doctors.” They probably don't even know who they are.
Ghanaians have for decades been bound to a narrative of their unique station in an African constellation of struggling states, which pedigree they have convinced themselves into believing deserves global attention and recognition.
The national character of Ghana is a permanent state of striving for global significance and a status of African exceptionalism. It is safe to say that for most of Ghana’s existence it has been waiting and striving to live up to and be worthy of its self-adorned status as the “Gateway to Africa”.
That many of the “firsts” with which Ghana likes to distinguish itself don’t always survive scrutiny means little when it is also true that Ghana does on some occasions come close enough to its cherished “world class” landmarks.
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Chocolate Day in Ghana on February 14
Engineer's Day in Ghana on March 24 (Every last full week of March);
Mother’s Day on May 12 (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe);
Africa Day on May 25 (African Union);
June 4th revolution in Ghana on June 4
Republic Day in Ghana on July 1
Founder's Day and National Volunteer Day in Ghana on September 21