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2. Heroes' Day (Namibia) - Wikipedia

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   Heroes' Day (Afrikaans: Helde-dag, German: Heldentag) is a national public holiday in Namibia. It is recognized by the United Nations as Namibia Day . Celebrated annually on 26 August, [1] the day commemorates the Namibian War of Independence which began on 26 August 1966 at Omugulugwombashe .

3. Heroes' Day - Wikipedia

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   Heroes' Day in Zambia is a public holiday celebrated on the first Monday in July annually. Heroes Day is a memorial day for those who perished during the independence struggles. Unity Day, also a public holiday, occurs the next day, celebrating a country with over 70 languages and dialects, united into one nation.

4. Herero and Nama genocide - Wikipedia

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   The Herero and Nama genocide (formerly, also ' Herero and Namaqua genocide') was a campaign of ethnic extermination and collective punishment which was waged against the Herero (Ovaherero) and the Nama in German South West Africa (now Namibia) by the German Empire. It was the first genocide to begin in the 20th century, [5] [6] [7] occurring ...

5. Hendrik Witbooi (Namaqua chief) - Wikipedia

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   Hendrik Witbooi (c. 1830 – 29 October 1905) [1] was a chief of the ǀKhowesin people, a sub-tribe of the Khoikhoi. He led the Nama people during their revolts against the German colonial empire in present-day Namibia, in connection with the events surrounding the Herero and Namaqua Genocide. He was killed in action on 29 October 1905.

6. Herero Day - Wikipedia

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   Herero Day (also known as Red Flag Day and Red Flag Heroes' Day, Otjiherero: Otjiserandu) is a gathering of the Herero people of Namibia to commemorate their deceased chieftains. It is held in Okahandja in central Namibia annually on August 26, the day and place Herero chief Samuel Maharero 's body was reburied alongside his ancestors in 1923. [2]

7. Heroes' Acre (Namibia) - Wikipedia

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   Heroes' Acre (Namibia) Coordinates: 22.6638°S 17.0783°E. Aerial view of Heroes´s Acre in 2017. Heroes' Acre is an official war memorial of the Republic of Namibia. Built into the uninhabited hills 10 kilometres (6 mi) south of the city centre of Windhoek, Heroes' Acre opened on 26 August 2002. It was created to "foster a spirit of patriotism ...

8. Omugulugwombashe - Wikipedia

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   In commemoration of this day, August 26 is a public holiday in Namibia. It is recognized by the United Nations as Namibia Day [17] but Namibians refer to it as Heroes' Day . Omugulugwombashe today features one of Namibia's two state cemeteries, where national heroes are buried.

9. 105 Patriotic Memorial Day Quotes, Messages and Sayings to ...

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   1. “Our nation owes a debt to its fallen heroes that we can never fully repay.”-. Barack Obama. 2. “As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to ...