Liberation Day Monument, Memorial and work of art in Korle-Klottey Municipal District, Ghana

The Liberation Day Monument is a memorial in Accra honouring veterans of the Burma campaign of the Second World War, who fought for the British Empire. It also recalls the peaceful march by some of these veterans towards Christiansborg Castle, where they were fired upon and seven were killed.

The monument honours Ghanaian veterans of the Burma campaign, fought for the British Empire in the Second World War. After returning to the Gold Coast, some veterans marched peacefully towards Christiansborg Castle and were fired upon; seven were killed. The memorial recalls that protest and those deaths.

The monument recalls the Burma campaign veterans of the Second World War and the shooting of seven of them as they marched peacefully towards Christiansborg Castle after returning to the Gold Coast. Their protest and death are the event the site keeps in public memory.

The monument stands at a junction near Christiansborg Castle, the former seat of government, in the Korle-Klottey Municipal District of Accra. It is an outdoor site, so visits depend on daylight and traffic on the surrounding roads; approach on foot from the castle side.

The monument commemorates veterans of the Burma campaign of the Second World War who fought for the British Empire; after returning to the Gold Coast, some marched peacefully towards Christiansborg Castle and seven were shot dead. The site keeps that protest, not independence, at its centre.