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The Liberian government was constantly dependent on foreign loans at high rates of exchange, which endangered the country's independence. [ 37 ] In 1926, Firestone , an American rubber company, started the world's largest rubber plantation in Liberia.
Liberian cultural dances are showcased during a performance in Pennsylvania dedicated to Liberian Independence Day. [19] 26 July is now marked as independence day. [20] In America, Liberians utilize this date as the evolution of their relationship between the United States and Liberia. [20] Celebrations usually involve a music festival. [21]
The Liberian Declaration of Independence is a document adopted by the Liberian Constitutional Convention on 26 July 1847, to announce that the Commonwealth of Liberia, a colony founded and controlled by the private American Colonization Society, was an independent state known as the Republic of Liberia.
July 5 – The constitutional convention, which would produce the 1847 Liberian constitution as well as the Liberian Declaration of Independence, first convenes. [1] July 26 – The Liberian Declaration of Independence is approved, founding the Republic of Liberia as an independent nation. [2]
The oldest counties are Grand Bassa and Montserrado, both founded in 1839 prior to Liberian independence. Gbarpolu is the newest county, created in 2001. Nimba is the largest of the counties in size at 11,551 km 2 (4,460 sq mi), while Montserrado is the smallest at 737.069 sq mi (1,909.00 km 2). [95]
Image credits: National Geographic #5. The 'Spanish Flu' actually likely got its start in Kansas, USA. It's only called the Spanish Flu because most countries involved in WWI had a near-universal ...
Liberian and United States relationships became strained between 1971 and 1980 due to Liberian president William Tolbert's establishment of diplomatic relations with the Soviet Union and other Eastern Bloc countries. [10] In 1978, United States president Jimmy Carter made the first official presidential visit to Liberia. [9]
The Liberian Association for Progress is inviting the public to Liberia's 176th Independence Day Celebration starting at 3:30 p.m. on Aug. 6, at the Veteran's Pavilion. A program will be held at 4 ...