MONROVIA, LIBERIA-President George Weah has declared Wednesday, March 8, as Decoration Day and is to be observed throughout the Republic as a National Holiday.

According to Foreign Ministry release issued recently, the observance is in recognition of past Liberian heroes and heroines who lived and died in the interest of the Country.

The release said the Presidential Proclamation is in consonance with an Act of the National Legislature, approved on October 24, 1916, declaring the Second Wednesday in March of each year as Decoration Day to be observed throughout the Republic as a National Holiday.

The Proclamation also states that as part of the celebration, an indoor program commemorating the day will be held at the Providence Baptist Church, on Broad and Ashmun Streets, beginning at 10:00 in the morning.