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occupation of the Channel Islands">German occupation of the Channel Islands</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Liberation Day</b> (<a href="/wiki/J%C3%A8rriais" title="Jèrriais">Jèrriais</a>: <i>Jour d'la Libéthâtion</i>; <a href="/wiki/Guern%C3%A9siais" title="Guernésiais">Guernésiais</a>: <i>Lé Jour dé la Libératiaon</i><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>) is the <a href="/wiki/National_day" title="National day">national day</a> of both <a href="/wiki/Guernsey" title="Guernsey">Guernsey</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the two largest of the <a href="/wiki/Channel_Islands" title="Channel Islands">Channel Islands</a>, which takes place on 9 May each year. It commemorates the liberation of the Channel Islands on 9 May 1945, which marked the end of the <a href="/wiki/German_occupation_of_the_Channel_Islands" title="German occupation of the Channel Islands">islands' occupation by Nazi Germany</a> during World War II. It falls on the same day as the European Union's <a href="/wiki/Europe_Day" title="Europe Day">Europe Day</a>, which celebrates post-World War II peace and European unity. 9 May is a public holiday in both islands and each has different celebrations and commemorative events; the centrepiece of Jersey's is the Liberation Day re-enactment in the Liberation Square, while Guernsey's is an islandwide cavalcade of classic vehicles.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Day_(Channel_Islands)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Liberation_of_the_German-occupied_Channel_Islands" title="Liberation of the German-occupied Channel Islands">Liberation of the German-occupied Channel Islands</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2011_065.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2011_065.jpg/220px-Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2011_065.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2011_065.jpg/330px-Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2011_065.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2011_065.jpg/440px-Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2011_065.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3128" data-file-height="2921" /></a><figcaption>Re-enacting the raising of flags on Liberation Day 2011</figcaption></figure> <p>On 9 May 1945, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Bulldog_(H91)" title="HMS Bulldog (H91)">HMS <i>Bulldog</i></a> arrived in <a href="/wiki/St_Peter_Port" class="mw-redirect" title="St Peter Port">St Peter Port</a>, Guernsey, and the German forces surrendered unconditionally aboard the vessel at dawn. British forces landed in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter_Port" title="Saint Peter Port">St Peter Port</a> shortly afterwards and were greeted by crowds of joyous but malnourished islanders singing, amongst other patriotic songs, "Sarnia-Cherie".<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The same day, <a href="/wiki/HMS_Beagle_(H30)" title="HMS Beagle (H30)">HMS <i>Beagle</i></a>, which had set out from <a href="/wiki/Plymouth" title="Plymouth">Plymouth</a>, arrived in <a href="/wiki/Jersey" title="Jersey">Jersey</a> to accept the surrender of the occupying forces there. Two naval officers, Surgeon Lieutenant Ronald McDonald and Sub Lieutenant R Milne, were met by the Harbour Master who escorted them to his office where they together hoisted the <a href="/wiki/Union_Flag" class="mw-redirect" title="Union Flag">Union Flag</a> before also raising it on the flagstaff of the <a href="/wiki/Pomme_d%27Or_Hotel" title="Pomme d'Or Hotel">Pomme d'Or Hotel</a>. This has been re-enacted every year on Liberation Day since 1995. From 2003 to 2011, former Harbour Master and Jerseyman Captain Howard Le Cornu performed this annually. His father, John E. Le Cornu, and uncle, David M. Le Cornu, had been in the crowds and had witnessed the occasion on 9 May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sark" title="Sark">Sark</a> was liberated on 10 May 1945, and the German troops in Alderney surrendered on 16 May 1945.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Official_status">Official status</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Day_(Channel_Islands)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Official status"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Public_holidays_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Public holidays in the United Kingdom">Public Holidays</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bank_holiday" title="Bank holiday">Bank Holidays</a> (Jersey) Act 1952 established Liberation Day as a public holiday if it fell on a weekday.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The Public Holidays and Bank Holidays (Jersey) Act 2010 further laid down that Liberation was also to be a public holiday if it falls on a Saturday.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is not a public holiday, and no day off in lieu is provided, if it falls on a Sunday.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Liberation Day is also a public holiday in Guernsey, according to the Public Holidays Ordinance 1994. Unlike Jersey's, Guernsey employment law provides no statutory entitlement to public holidays.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Ceremonies">Ceremonies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Day_(Channel_Islands)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Ceremonies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2012_35.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2012_35.jpg/220px-Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2012_35.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="259" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2012_35.jpg/330px-Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2012_35.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2012_35.jpg/440px-Jour_d%27la_Lib%C3%A9th%C3%A2tion_J%C3%A8rri_9_d%27Mai_2012_35.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2722" data-file-height="3206" /></a><figcaption>Bailiff, Lieutenant-Governor and other officials in procession on Liberation Day 2012</figcaption></figure> <p>Since the 50th anniversary of Liberation in 1995, a pattern of official ceremonies has developed based in and around Liberation Square in <a href="/wiki/Saint_Helier" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Helier">Saint Helier</a> where the events at the Harbour Master's Office and <a href="/wiki/Pomme_d%27Or_Hotel" title="Pomme d'Or Hotel">Pomme D'Or Hotel</a> occurred in 1945. Following a special sitting of the <a href="/wiki/States_of_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="States of Jersey">States of Jersey</a> in the morning, States Members, clergy, the <a href="/wiki/Bailiff_of_Jersey" title="Bailiff of Jersey">Bailiff of Jersey</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Lieutenant-Governor_of_Jersey" class="mw-redirect" title="Lieutenant-Governor of Jersey">Lieutenant-Governor</a>, <a href="/wiki/Jurat" title="Jurat">Jurats</a>, Crown Officers, and other officials process from the Royal Square to Liberation Square accompanied by the Royal Mace and the Bailiff's Seal. An open air <a href="/wiki/Ecumenism" title="Ecumenism">ecumenical</a> service takes place in Liberation Square followed by the singing of "Man Bieau P'tit Jèrri"/"Beautiful Jersey" (in Jèrriais and English) and a re-enactment of the raising of flags (including that at <a href="/wiki/Fort_Regent" title="Fort Regent">Fort Regent</a>). A parade of vintage and military vehicles, bands and service organisations is reviewed by the official party.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (May 2018)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p><p>The afternoon community celebrations are of an informal character, including a programme of entertainments and stalls in <a href="/wiki/St_Helier" title="St Helier">Saint Helier</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An official ceremony also takes place at the Crematorium where there is a memorial to victims and slave workers of various nationalities. Representatives of affected nationalities take part in the commemoration.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1995, artist Eric Snell<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> designed the Liberation Monument in St Peter Port to commemorate Liberation Day. The needle-like monument is designed to cast a shadow on a bench where the liberation of Guernsey is described. It was unveiled on 9 May 1995 by <a href="/wiki/Prince_Charles" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Charles">Prince Charles</a> while military helicopters flew past.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The celebrations to mark the 75th anniversary of the liberation could not be held in 2020 or 2021 due to the <a href="/wiki/COVID-19_pandemic" title="COVID-19 pandemic">COVID-19 pandemic</a> and were postponed until 8 – 10 May 2022 when the <a href="/wiki/Prince_Edward,_Earl_of_Wessex" class="mw-redirect" title="Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex">Prince Edward, Earl of Wessex</a> and <a href="/wiki/Sophie,_Countess_of_Wessex" class="mw-redirect" title="Sophie, Countess of Wessex">Sophie, Countess of Wessex</a> were royal guests at the celebrations in Jersey, Guernsey, <a href="/wiki/Alderney" title="Alderney">Alderney</a>, and Sark and read a message to islanders from <a href="/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_II" class="mw-redirect" title="Queen Elizabeth II">Queen Elizabeth II</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Liberation_Day_(Channel_Islands)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Liberation_Day" title="Liberation Day">Liberation Day</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Victory_in_Europe_Day" title="Victory in Europe Day">Victory in Europe Day</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a 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