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The following lists events that happened during 1847 in Liberia .
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The following lists events that happened during 1847 in Liberia .
The flag of Liberia or the Liberian flag, sometimes called the Lone Star, bears a close resemblance to the flag of the United States, representing Liberia's founding by former black slaves from the United States and the Caribbean. They are both a part of the stars and stripes flag family.
"All Hail, Liberia, Hail!" is the national anthem of Liberia. The lyrics were written by Daniel Bashiel Warner (1815–1880), who later became the third president of Liberia, and the music was composed by Olmstead Luca (1826–1869). It became the official national anthem upon Liberia's independence in 1847.
Stephen Allen Benson was a Liberian politician who served as the second president of Liberia from 1856 to 1864. Prior to that, he served as the third vice president of Liberia from 1854 to 1856 under President Joseph Jenkins Roberts. Born in the United States, Benson was the first president to have lived in Liberia since childhood, having arrived with his family in 1822.
Anthony William Gardiner served as the ninth president of Liberia from 1878 until 1883. He was the first of a series of True Whig presidents who held power uninterruptedly until 1980.
The coat of arms of Liberia consists of a shield containing a picture of a 19th-century ship arriving in Liberia. The ship represents the ships which brought the freed slaves from the United States to Liberia. Above the shield, the national motto of Liberia appears on a scroll: The Love of Liberty Brought Us Here, and below the shield another scroll contains the official name of the country, Republic of Liberia.
Hilary Teague, sometimes written as Hilary Teage, was a Liberian merchant, journalist, and politician in the early years of the West African nation of Liberia. A native of the state of Virginia in the United States, he was known for his oratory skills and was prominent in early Liberian colonial politics. A leading advocate for Liberian independence from the American Colonization Society, he drafted the Liberian Declaration of Independence in 1847, serving as both a senator and the first Secretary of State for the new nation in the years that followed.
The Ministry of National Defense (MOD) is the government ministry responsible for the maintenance of the national defense and the governance of the military of Liberia, the Armed Forces of Liberia.
The following lists events that happened during 1869 in Liberia.
The following lists events that happened during 1870 in Liberia.
The following lists events that happened during 1907 in Liberia.
John B. Gripon (1809–1847) was a Liberian pastor, legislator, and judge.
William A. Prout was a Liberian politician.
Events in the year 2021 in Liberia.
James Hall was an American physician who founded the colony of Maryland-in-Africa. Hall served as its governor from 1833 to 1836.
France-Liberia relations are the bilateral relations between France and Liberia.
Germany–Liberia relations are the bilateral relations between Germany and Liberia. After Liberian independence, the two countries become connected economically. The economic ties were broken during the World Wars. The two countries re-established connections following the World Wars.
James Washington Lugenbeel was an American physician, who worked for the American Colonization Society. He served as colonial physician in Liberia as well as an agent for the United States government. Lugenbeel's account of the 1847 Liberian constitutional convention in his journal became the only known record of the convention's proceedings.
Ephraim Titler was a Liberian politician and missionary who served as a delegate to the 1847 Constitutional Convention from Grand Bassa County.
Events in the year 1980 in Liberia.
Events in the year 1981 in Liberia.
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