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Liberation Celebrations
9th May
Dates
Liberation Day is 9th May
Online events take place throughout the day
About Liberation Day
Due to the coronavirus outbreak, Liberation 75 is changing the way they are celebrating our Island’s national day in 2020 by bringing events online. This allows us all to celebrate the occasion whilst maintaining social distancing.
The 9th May is Liberation Day in Jersey, marking the end of the Second World War for Jersey and its inhabitants. The Channel Islands were infamously the only United Kingdom territories to be occupied by the German Forces. Fear and hunger best describe the hardship islanders suffered during nearly five years, leading to intense relief when freedom was finally announced on the 8th May 1945, first by Winston Churchill in London - 'Our Dear Channel islands are also to be freed today' - then by the Bailiff of Jersey, on 9th May, in what has now become Liberation Square in St Helier.
The day is considered as Jersey's national day and is celebrated year after year with bands, parades, services, singing and dancing. Colourful re-enactments are always popular providing a vivid insight in to what happened over 70 years ago. This year, events will be brought online via their Facebook page, see current announcements here that include a Lindy Hop class, Jerriais readings and a Jersey Wonder cook-a-long.
