World Freedom Day

World Freedom Day

World Freedom Day is a United States federal observance declared by President of the United States George W. Bush to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the liberation of Central and Eastern Europe from communism. It started in 2001 and is celebrated on 9 November.

ee also

* Freedom Day
* International observance

External links

* [http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/11/20011109-23.html First Proclamation]
* [http://www.hoover.org/publications/digest/4482836.html Hoover Institution Description]
* [http://www.americasfuture.net/1998/nov98/98-1108a.html America's Future Endorsement]


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