MONROVIA, Liberia, July 24, 2026/APO Group/ —
The President of the Republic of Liberia, His Excellency Joseph Nyuma Boakai Sr., has by proclamation declared Sunday, July 26, 2026 as Independence Day and is to be observed on Monday, July 27, 2026 throughout the Republic as a national holiday.
According to a Foreign Ministry release, the proclamation calls on all citizens and foreign residents within the territorial confines of Liberia to observe the Day as such; the release further orders government offices and business houses closed during the observance from 6:00 ante meridian to 6:00 post meridian.
The proclamation requests all citizens, in solemn cooperation with all prelates, priests, deacons, evangelists, imams and elders as well as other members of the Sacerdotal order, regardless of religious creed, to gather together in their respective places of worship in each city, town, village, home, especially in the city of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County on their day of worship just preceding 27th July 2026 and turn to God in Thanksgiving.
According to the proclamation, the official festive celebration in observance of the Day will be observed in the City of Buchanan, Grand Bassa County under the theme: “Strengthening National Identity Through Liberian-led Historical Leadership.”
The Presidential proclamation also requests citizens of Liberia to offer thanks and praises to God for His blessings showered upon us in past and present times and beseech Him for His continuing goodness and beneficence towards all peoples and nations of the earth, especially, the people of the Republic of Liberia.
The Proclamation states that it is in grateful recognition of the blessings and miraculous deliverances which the Almighty God has extended to us as a Nation and People, although we have been most unworthy of them, to give thanks, adoration and praise unto Him for saving the State and to commemorate the brave and timely decision of the forbearers on July 26, 1847.
The Proclamation is in consonance with the “Patriotic and Culture Observances Law” title 26, Liberia Code of Law of 1956, which set aside the 26th day of July of each year as a national holiday to be known as Independence Day and appropriately celebrated as such.
The Proclamation further recounted that after due deliberation on the future of the “ Settlement” facing colonial challenges and threats, the founding fathers did publish to the world that historic and immortal instrument known as the DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE, by which the Commonwealth of Liberia became, and was presented to the comity of nations, as a free, sovereign and independent State thereby warding off encroachment from any colonial power and becoming the first independent African Republic.
“In His infinite goodness and mercy, God has blessed and prospered the work of the minds, hearts, and hands of all the people of the Republic of Liberia from July 1847 when this nation was declared a free, sovereign and independence state; and from thenceforth, through the years of our national existence, manifold and varied have been the experiences of the nation and its people, who through it all have been able to forge their way by dint of perseverance, devotion and courage.”, the proclamation declares.
