- Freedom Day
Freedom Day may refer to one of the following
holiday s:*
Freedom Day (Belarus) onMarch 25 inBelarus , anniversary of the establishment of the Belarusian People's Republic in1918
*Freedom Day (Malta) onMarch 31 , anniversary of the withdrawal of British troops fromMalta ,1979
*Freedom Day (Portugal) onApril 25 , anniversary ofCarnation Revolution inPortugal ,1974
*Freedom Day (South Africa) onApril 27 , anniversary of the firstgeneral election inSouth Africa after the end ofapartheid in1994
*World Freedom Day on9 November , to commemorate thefall of the Berlin Wall in1989
*National Religious Freedom Day onJanuary 16 in theUnited States , to commemorate the adoption ofThomas Jefferson 's landmarkVirginia Statute for Religious Freedom in1786
* An informal name for the anniversary (25 March ) of the passage ofSlave Trade Act 1807 in theUnited Kingdom
* Freedom Day (USA) September 11, 2008, Announced by the (FOTC) Fraternal Order of Freemen of the City, Lodge #1 in Plainfield, NJ. The FOTC announced that September 11, 2008 be celebrated to commemorate the life and death of the Great Ameican Leader, Imam Warith Deen Muhammad, other pioneers and the passing of their beloved Sheikh James Ali, First Freeman of the City of Plainfield, New Jersey.The FOTC is a benevolent and protective order. The members of the group proclaim to be "free citizens of a shining city on a hill" and teach individual civic responsibility and preparedness. The FOTC credo is "I am free from vice, ritual, and all forms of slavery. I am free to protect myself and the inhabitants of the city."
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