The Gambia Celebrates Independence Day
12 February 2009
On 18th February The Gambia will celebrate its 44th Independence Day. The Gambia gained independence from Britain in 1965 after 300 years of colonial rule. The day is a national holiday in The Gambia and across the world Gambians will be marking the occasion.
You can read more about how the Duke and Duchess of Kent visited The Gambia in 1965 to celebrate the end of British rule on the BBC website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/february/17/newsid_2546000/2546949.stm
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