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.
Robertsport is a town in western Liberia,about 10 miles from the Sierra Leone border. It is named after Joseph Jenkins Roberts,the first president of Liberia.
Alhaji Garxim Varmuyan Kromah was a Liberian journalist,writer,politician,and former warlord and leader of the ULIMO faction during the Liberian Civil War. He was a moderate Muslim from Liberia and member of the Mandingo ethnic group from Tusu Town,Quardu Gboni District,Lofa County. He attended St. Patrick's High School (1973).
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.
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 1847 in Liberia.
The following lists events that happened during 1870 in Liberia.
George Arthur Padmore was a Liberian diplomat. From 1956 to 1961 he was Liberian Ambassador to the United States.
Events in the year 2021 in Liberia.
Victoria Anna David Tolbert was the First Lady of Liberia from 1971 to 1980.
Charles H. Harmon was the tenth vice president of Liberia from 3 January 1876 to 7 January 1878.
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.
Jacob W. Prout (1804–1849) was a Liberian politician and physician. He served as the secretary of the 1847 constitutional convention.
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.
Events in the year 1980 in Liberia.
Events in the year 1981 in Liberia.
