Lebanese Independence Day Lebanese Independence Day Lebanese Independence Day ( "Eid Al-Istiqlal", lit. "Festival of the Independence") () is the national day of Lebanon, celebrated on November 22 in commemoration of the end of the French Mandate over Lebanon in 1943, after 23 years of Mandate rule. While the Lebanese have been in a constant struggle for independence from outside powers since Old Testament times, the modern struggle for Lebanese independence can be traced back to the emergence of Fakhr-al-Din II in the late 16th century, a Druze chief who became the first local leader in a thousand years to bring the major
Independence Day (Venezuela) held in many state capital cities with the state governor as the principal guest. Independence Day (Venezuela) Independence Day (Spanish:"Dia de la Independencia"), also known as the Fifth of July ("Cinco de Julio") is the national independence holiday of Venezuela, marked every year on July 5 which celebrates the anniversary since the enactment of the 1811 Venezuelan Declaration of Independence, making the country the first Spanish colony in South America to declare independence. In recent years, it is also marked as National Armed Forces Day ("Dia de la Fuerza Armada Nacional") to honor the faithful service of all the serving