President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has by Proclamation declared Saturday November 29, 2014, as the 119^th birth Anniversary of the late President William V.S. Tubman, and is to be observed throughout Liberia as a National Holiday.

The Proclamation further orders and directs all government offices, business houses and market places to be closed during the observance from Six O’clock ante meridian to Six O’clock post meridian.

The Proclamation is in consonance with an Act of Legislature enacted at the 3^rd Session of the 42^ndNational Legislature of Liberia, declaring the birth anniversary of Liberia’s 18^th President William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman (November 29, 2014) of each year as a National Holiday in keeping with the will of the Liberian people.

According to a Foreign Ministry release, the Proclamation is in recognition of his productive and meaningful services and policies, including the Open Door Policy, the National Unification and Integration Policy, the granting of suffrages to Liberian women as well as the policies on all social, economic development nationwide and his contributions to the emancipation of African colonial territories intoself-governing statehood.

The Proclamation further declared that the celebration is in  consideration of the numerous contribution, profound changes and lasting compliments made by President Tubman during his administration as the 18^th President of the Republic of  Liberia, the people, desirousof showing their deep appreciation, esteem and approval for his outstanding, noble and remarkable leadership, did petition and request the National Legislature of the Nation to issue permanent record of their sentiments in honor of his birth for posterity