The Independence Arch, part of the Independence Square with the shown Black Star Gate (also called Independence Gate), in Accra, Ghana, inscribed with the words "Freedom and Justice, AD 1957", commemorates the independence of Ghana, a first for Sub Saharan Africa. It contains monuments to Ghana's independence struggle, including the Independence Arch, Independence Square, and the Liberation Day Monument.
The Independence Square is the second largest City Square in the world after the Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China.
An image of Black Star Gate can be found on the rear of Ghana's cedi banknotes.
As of 2011, the Independence Arch (not yet shown on pictures here) is guarded by several soldiers who prohibit people of taking close up pictures of the Arch and asking visitors for official permission, but you are free to take pictures of the shown Black Star Gate and area..
A video of the Arch and Square can be found here.
See pictures of the "Independence Arch" - photograph from the top of the "Black Star Gate"==References==
Famous quotes containing the words independence and/or arch:
“Hail, Columbia! happy land!
Hail, ye heroes! heaven-born band!
Who fought and bled in Freedom’s cause,
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And when the storm of war was gone,
Enjoyed the peace your valor won.
Let independence be our boast,
Ever mindful what it cost;”
—Joseph Hopkinson (1770–1842)
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