Independence Day

I.f. Independence Day Liberty Festival Cancelled

... of directors of the Greater Idaho Falls Chamber of Commerce has decided to cancel the annual Liberty Festival on the Falls for 2017. Traditionally, the Liberty Festival has been held on the Greenbelt on July 4 after the Independence Day Parade. The family-friendly event helped crowds waiting for the fireworks to pass the time by visiting food and craft vendors as well as enjoying live music entertainment. With uncertainty still surrounding the location of the fireworks, the Chamber considered several factors and options before making this decision. A survey of recent Liberty Festival vendors indicated they prefer to vend at the location of the fireworks. To date there are no plans for a fireworks show, and without fireworks, it was difficult to determine if Liberty Festival would generate the quantity of customers needed to meet the needs of vendors. The festival requires a significant amount of advanced planning and coordination to ...

Mayor Goodman Recognizes Greek Independence Day In Las Vegas

... Hall staff members tie the Greek flag onto a flag pole, Thursday, March 23, 2017. A flag raising ceremony was held to celebrate Greece's independence and the Greek community in Las Vegas. (Gabriella Benavidez/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @gabbydeebee. Mayor Goodman recognizes Greek Independence Day in Las Vegas — VIDEO. Jerry Georgiadis, 5, plays while holding the flag of Greece prior to the start of the Greek Independence Day with a flag raising ceremony outside the City Hall on Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye. Mayor Goodman recognizes Greek Independence Day in Las Vegas — VIDEO. Councilman Stavros Anthony delivers a speech during the Greek Independence Day with a flag raising ceremony outside the City Hall on Thursday, March 23, 2017, in Las Vegas. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye/Las Vegas Review-Journal) @bizutesfaye. Mayor Goodman recognizes Greek Independence Day in Las Vegas — VIDEO. Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn Goodman delivers a speech as councilman Stavros Anthony looks on during the Greek ...

National War Memorial Set To Be Unveiled On Independence Day 2018

... for the NWM and December for the museum. The construction contracts, in turn, will be concluded by June this year (for NWM) and February 2018 for the museum. All this comes 57 years after the NWM was first proposed by the armed forces, which have consistently raised it with successive governments without much success due to politico-bureaucratic apathy. The Army does maintain around 120 regional and individual war memorials but India is probably the world's only major country not to have dedicated NWM. The NWM will basically be a landscape-type memorial with "retaining walls', which will have names of all the martyrs inscribed on them. The walls will partly be below ground-level to ensure the aesthetics of the majestic Central Vista are not disrupted, as was earlier reported by TOI. The adjoining museum, in turn, will showcase glorious moments in the military history of India. will, for instance, house the jeepmounted RCL ...

President Hamid Hosts Bangabhaban Reception To Celebrate Independence Day

... and wounded freedom fighters. They also enquired about the health condition of the wounded freedom fighters and pledged them all sorts of help. Hamid and Hasina then cut a cake at the VVIP enclosure to mark the Independence Day and National Day. They later exchanged greetings with the ministers, foreign ambassadors and guests, Supreme Court judges, MPs, editors, the chiefs of the three forces, top army and civil officials, university vice-chancellors and the other guests. Speaker Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury sat beside the prime minister at the programme. Finance Minister AMA Muhith, Deputy Speaker Fazle Rabbi Miah, Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed, Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury, Housing and Public Works Minister Mosharraf Hossain, Civil Aviation and Tourism Minister Rashed Khan Menon, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Huq, Shipping Minister Shahjahan Khan, Railways Minister Mazibul Hoque, and Food Minister Qamrul Islam attended the ...

Independence Day Celebrated

... martyrs of the Liberation War by placing wreaths at the National Memorial in Savar in the morning. The president was the first to place a wreath at the altar of the National Memorial at 5:57 am. He was immediately followed by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina. After placing the wreaths, the president and the prime minister stood in solemn silence there for some time as a mark of respect to the memories of the martyrs of the 1971 Liberation War. A smartly turned-out contingent drawn from Bangladesh Army, Bangladesh Navy and Bangladesh Air Force presented a salute on the occasion while the last post was played on bugles. BSS adds: Speaker Dr Shirin Sharmin Chaudhury, ministers, advisors, mayors of Dhaka north and south city corporations, parliament members, chiefs of the three forces, freedom fighters, foreign diplomats and civil and military officials were present on the occasion. Later, flanked by senior leaders of the party, Hasina, also the president of Bangladesh Awami League, laid wreaths at the National Memorial on behalf of her party. On her return from the National Memorial, the premier paid homage to Father of the Nation by ...

Saturday's Tv Highlights And Weekend Talk

... Debbie Dingell (D-Mich.); former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-Pa.) Rep. Lee Zeldin (R-N. Y.).(N) 6 and 9 a.m. CNN. CBS News Sunday Morning Sean Spicer and Sean Hannity; Danny De Vito (“The Price”); Verne Lundquist; John Mc Laughlin paintings. 6:30 a.m. KCBS. Fareed Zakaria GPS A profile of Russian President Vladimir Putin. (N) 7 and 10 a.m. CNN. Face the Nation Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.); Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Burbank). Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-S. C.). Former Sec. of State George Shultz. Panel: Ron Brownstein, Atlantic Media; Juliet Eilperin, the Washington Post; Jamelle Bouie; Ben Domenech, the Federalist. (N) 8 a.m. KCBS. Meet the Press Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.). Gov. Jerry Brown (D-Calif.). Panel: Tom Brokaw; Hugh Hewitt; Eliana Johnson, Politico; Joy Reid. (N) 8 a.m. KNBC; 11 a.m.; 4 and 11 p.m. MSNBC. This Week With George Stephanopoulos (N) 8 a.m. KABC. Fox News Sunday With Chris Wallace London terror attack; the fight against ISIS: Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi (Iraq). James Webb Space Telescope: John Durning, NASA. Panel: Bill Kristol; Susan Page, USA Today; Charles Lane; Newt Gingrich. (N) 8 a.m. KTTV; 11 a.m.; 7 and 11 p.m. FNC. Reliable Sources ...

Justin Trudeau Opens Greek Independence Day Parade In Montreal

... Day with a parade. This year, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who has attended the parade in the past, opened the march as Grand Marshal of the festivities. What is this. Sponsored content is written by Global News' editorial staff without any editorial influence by the sponsor. If you'd like to learn more. What is this. Sponsored content is written by Global News' without any editorial influence by the sponsor. If you'd like to learn more. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added another title to his name Sunday, as he took part in Montreal’s annual Greek Independence Day parade. While it wasn’t the first time the prime minister took part in the festivities, this year he was named Grand Marshal. — Jonah Aspler (@Jonah Aspler) March 26, 2017. The parade has been a Montreal tradition for over 40 years and attracts thousands of spectators, who flock to Park-Extension to take in the sights and sounds. — Jonah Aspler (@Jonah Aspler) March 26, 2017. Georges Rigas, who was dressed in traditional costume, said he’s ...

Trump Marks Greek Independence Day

... done "every single thing possible" to corral the 216 votes needed to pass legislation to repeal the Obama-era health care law. House lawmakers and aides say the bill is short of support before the vote Trump insists be held. The White House says it expects that vote at 3:30 p.m., as scheduled. 11:15 a.m. President Donald Trump is praising a plan by cable company Charter Communications to invest $25 billion and hire 20,000 American workers over the next four years. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Charter Communications CEO Thomas Rutledge joined Trump at the White House for the announcement. Rutledge says that the company will return the call center jobs acquired through Time Warner Cable to the United States , opening a new call center in Mc Allen, Texas, and hiring 600 workers there. Trump says the plans will be great for American workers. The president is telling Rutledge, "you watch, it will be one of your really fantastic ...

Bangladeshis Celebrate Independence Day

... our nation’s achievements. We are proud of Bangladesh’s progress in infrastructure development, especially the 40 per cent completion of 6 km-long bridge costing $4 billion [Dh 14.68 billion] on Padma river without any foreign funding,” said Mohammad Imran, the Bangladeshi ambassador to the UAE. Due to be completed in 2018, the bridge linking the central and southern parts of the country will be an iconic achievement, he said. The ambassador was speaking to Gulf News on the sidelines of the Independence Day celebrations at the Bangladeshi embassy in Abu Dhabi. Bangladesh’s government’s recent decision to establish a $10-billion (Dh 37.6 billion) sovereign investment fund to support infrastructure development will also be a shot in the arm, he added. Imran raised the national flag and paid floral tributes in front of pictures of national leaders at the event attended by a large number of Bangladeshi expatriates. Speaking to Gulf News, Jalal Hussain, 38, a construction worker who has been living in Abu Dhabi for 10 years, said he was proud to highlight the progress he witnessed in his home country. “I was really proud to notice progress in ...

Bnp Brings Out Independence Day Rally After 5 Yrs

... holding banners, festoons and placards thronged Fakirerpool to Kakrail crossing since afternoon. BNP secretary general Mirza Fakhrul Islam Alamgir inaugurated the rally around 3:15 pm in front of BNP's Nayapaltan central office. The rally ended at Nayapaltan after parading Kakrail and Shantinagar roads, creating traffic tailbacks in Motijheel, Fakirerpool, Bijoynagar, Kakrail, Shantinagr and Malibagh areas. The party last brought out the Independence Day rally in 2012. In his brief speech prior to inaugurating the rally, the BNP secretary general alleged that the country's independence and sovereignty is now at stake while democracy, people's voting rights, freedom of expression and other rights have been snatched. "We want to restore democracy and all of people's rights. That's why we all must get united under the leadership of Khaleda Zia to strengthen the movement for restoration of democracy," he said. About the next election, the BNP leader called upon the government to create a congenial ...