Every year on the second Monday of August, the state located in the southern part of the African continent, — Zimbabwe — celebrates National Heroes' Day, which is a national day off and commemorates the fallen sons and daughters of Zimbabwe in the fight for the freedom of their country.
By the end of the 19th century, Great Britain had captured large areas in South Africa, creating several of its colonies on them, which were actively populated by European settlers. One of them — Southern Rhodesia (currently the state of Zimbabwe) — in 1923 received the status of a self-governing territory, where the white population of the colony took the lead. But after the end of World War II, a general crisis of the British Colonial Empire arose. Britain attempted to reorganize colonial rule in its African territories in order to maintain power, but all this caused a sharp surge in discontent among the local population.
As a result, in 1965, the liberation war of the people of Zimbabwe (also known as the Second Chimurenga) began, which continued until 1979, — the armed struggle of the indigenous African population of the British self-governing territory of Southern Rhodesia against European colonists and the authorities of the unrecognized state of Rhodesia created in this territory for its political equality.
The fighting was brutal on both sides and was accompanied by significant civilian casualties. Still, on April 18, 1980, the independence of the African state — of the Republic of Zimbabwe was declared.
Currently, on the Day of Remembrance of Heroes, various commemorative and cultural events are held in the country. Together with the national heroes of the past who fought for the independence of Zimbabwe, on this day they also honor the heroes of the current generation, through whose efforts Zimbabwe was restored.