Ghana’s 65th Independence Day Celebration which is expected to be marked in Cape Coast has been launched with the theme: “Working together; Bouncing Back Better. Dubbed; Cape Coast, 2022”.
Today, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, will be the “National Flag Hoisting Day”.
The special guest of honor for this year’s Independence Day parade is the Prime Minister of Barbados, Mia Amor Mottley.
Independence Day was celebrated for the first time outside Accra in Tamale and Kumasi under Nana Akufo-Addo`s administration in 2019 and 202o respectively but was suspended in 2021 due to the outbreak of the pandemic COVID-19.
Ghana Independence Day is celebrated every year on March 6. It is a public holiday for the citizens of Ghana and also widely celebrated among Ghanaians living abroad.
If March 6 falls on a weekend, the following Monday will also be observed as a holiday. Ghana Independence Day is also known as Ghana National Day.
The celebrations commemorate Ghana’s independence from the United Kingdom in 1957.
The day is celebrated in public office with carnivals, parades, and other events. Private Citizens celebrate the day with music and food, and some may even hoist the national flag at home.
Black Star Square is a site for Ghana’s Independence Day parade, particularly the Trooping of the Colour aspect derived from the British era.
A notable parade was the Golden Jubilee (celebrated the 50th anniversary of independence), which was led by President John Kufuor.
In 1961, Queen Elizabeth II, who until the year before was the Queen of Ghana, attended the parade as the British sovereign and took part in the inspection tour with President Nkrumah.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Kofi Atakora
