Sierra Leone Independence Day

Sierra Leone Independence Day

April 27This national holiday celebrates the day Sierra Leone became independent from Britain in 1961.
Independence Day festivities are especially elaborate in the capital city of Freetown.
CONTACTS:
Embassy of Sierra Leone
1701 19th St. N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20009
202-939-9261; fax: 202-483-1793
www.embassyofsierraleone.org
SOURCES:
NatlHolWrld-1968, p. 109