July 5 is Algeria’s Independence Day!

1st Anniversary of Algeria’s Independence
Issued in 1963 by the Algerian post office
Designer: Ali Ali-Khodja

After a bitter 8 year war, Algeria shed it’s 132 years of French colonial rule.

The modern-day People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria is now a proud, sovereign state in North Africa that readily influences the region. However, before 1962, Algeria had been a French colony, dating back to the French invasion of Algiers in 1830. Following a brutal conquest that some termed as genocide, France began a policy of “civilizing” their new North African colony. To help assimilate Algeria, the colony was administered as an integral part of France and thus split into three département of the nation. The motto of Algeria would soon be: L’Algerie c’est la France (Algeria is France)
Algeria’s Struggle for Independence – Association for Diplomatic Studies & Training (adst.org)

Algeria’s war for independence: 60 years on | News | Al Jazeera
Remembering Algeria’s Independence Day – Middle East Monitor

June 5th is also World Environment Day, which was last year’s SOD.