Liberation Day in Italy - “Festa della Liberazione”

Today is Liberation Day in Italy, and it’s a gigantic holiday. So here’s a bit of information about it, courtesy of Life in Italy:

Celebrated on April 25th, it commemorates the liberation of Italy by Allied troops in the Second World War. The holiday is meant to honor all those who died during the war, from soldiers fighting overseas to civilian victims of Allied bombings and atrocities committed during Nazi Germany’s bitter retreat from its former ally’s territory. The lives of those who served as partisans in the Italian Resistance are especially honored.

There will be ceremonies all over the country today honoring the soldiers who died in WWII.

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