Community members are invited to celebrate Haitian Independence Day at a Saturday event that aims to foster connection and unity at the Metropolis in downtown Springfield. The event, hosted by the ...

Jan. 1 marks the new year, but it also marks a significant date in Haitian history — Independence Day. “After 221 years, we are here to just remember that this is not the last.

The "19th Annual Unity Day" event was held in Englewood, where the island nation's impact on the birth of Chicago was explained. January 1, 1804 was the day Haiti's first president Jean-Jacques ...

When Haitian independence was realized on January 1, 1804, Haitians across the country began a new tradition: every year on New Year’s Day, Haitian Independence Day, they will eat the soup.

For Haitian Americans (like yours truly), Jan. 1 was a day to celebrate independence, and Charlotte’s small, but mighty, Haitian community offers some ways to join in on the observance. The Charlotte ...

New Year’s Day has its fair share of traditions. There’s setting resolutions and goals, cleaning the whole house before the clock strikes 12 or the good luck dinner that must include black ...

Discover the often overlooked role of Haiti in America's quest for independence. Learn how the colony's financial support and ...

As part of the 249th anniversary of the independence of the United States, the new Ambassador to Haiti, Henry T. Wooster, ...

Eat soup joumou to celebrate Haitian Independence Day Jan. 1. In Haiti, New Year's Day also happens to be Haitian Independence Day, a day of great pride for the nation's people and the Haitian ...

OTTAWA, ON, Jan. 1, 2025 /CNW/ - The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on Haiti's Independence Day: "Today, we join the Haitian people and Haitian communities in ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (WDTN) — As many are celebrating the start of the new year, a group in Springfield is coming together to celebrate Haitian Independence Day. Inside the Rose Goute Creole ...

"We are marking the 221st anniversary of our Haitian independence," said Cyndee Montes Newman, Founder and Executive Director of Daughters of Haiti. "This is our 19th Annual Unity Day.