Freedom Day

Freedom Day

Freedom Day may refer to one of the following holidays:

* Freedom Day (Belarus) on March 25 in Belarus, anniversary of the establishment of the Belarusian People's Republic in 1918
* Freedom Day (Malta) on March 31, anniversary of the withdrawal of British troops from Malta, 1979
* Freedom Day (Portugal) on April 25, anniversary of Carnation Revolution in Portugal, 1974
* Freedom Day (South Africa) on April 27, anniversary of the first general election in South Africa after the end of apartheid in 1994
* World Freedom Day on 9 November, to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall in 1989
* National Religious Freedom Day on January 16 in the United States, to commemorate the adoption of Thomas Jefferson's landmark Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom in 1786
* An informal name for the anniversary (25 March) of the passage of Slave Trade Act 1807 in the United 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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