The City of Jersey City, Office of the Municipal Council and Office of the Cultural Affairs were proud to recognize the Saint Patrick’s Day Parade Committee of Jersey City during the Feast of Saint Patrick’s Cultural and Religious Celebration through the annual Flag Raising Ceremony on Wednesday, March 17, 2021. National Anthem of both nations were […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, and the Office of Cultural Affairs present an International Women’s Day Celebration. This is to honor our City Directors for their continuous diligent work especially during this unprecedented pandemic of Covid-19 in keeping the City of Jersey City going. This year, the theme for International Women’s […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M Fulop, the Municipal Council Members and Office of Cultural Affairs were proud to recognize and honor the Moroccan American Recreational and Organizational Council and the Moroccan-American community as we celebrate the 64th Anniversary of the Independence of the Kingdom of Morocco during the Flag Raising Ceremony held […]
Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Municipal Council Members and the Office of Cultural Affairs of the City of Jersey City were proud and honored to recognize Jersey City’s Office of Sustainability and Jersey City Public School’s 2020 Sustainability STEAM Challenge during the Climate Action Flag Raising ceremony on October 19, 2020. During the 2019-2020 academic […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council and the Office of Cultural Affair do hereby recognize the 210th Anniversary of Mexico’s Independence in Jersey City during the Flag Raising Ceremony on September 15, 2020 and urge all City residents to join us in recognizing the significant contributions of […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by The Ukrainian National Home/The Ukrainian Community Center, presented the Ukrainian Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Monday, August 24, 2020, from 12:00pm to 12:30pm. […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Muslim Council N.A /Muslim Federation New Jersey, presents the Pakistan Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Friday, August 14, 2020, from 11:00am to 11:30am. Attendees […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Jersey City Puerto Rican Heritage Arts and Culture, presents the Puerto Rican Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Monday, August 10, 2020, from 2:00pm to 2:30pm. […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, cosponsored by the Jersey City West Indian Caribbean American Carnival Association Inc. presented the Caricom Flag Raising. The flag raising was held outdoors, at City Hall Plaza on Monday, July 22, 2020, from 12:00pm to […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs, and the Colombian American Community present the Colombian Flag Raising. The flag raising will be held at City Hall Balcony on Monday, July 20, from 12:00pm to 12:30pm. All other attendees will be at […]
The City of Jersey City, Mayor Steven M. Fulop, the Jersey City Municipal Council, the Office of Cultural Affairs were honored to commemorate The Chadian Independence today Friday, August 11, 2023. The Chadian Community of New Jersey has directly contributed to the diversity and positive growth of Jersey City in various fields, including education, entrepreneurship, government as well as all aspects of life throughout the United States and abroad. Today the City of Jersey City and members of the Chadian community commemorate this day August 11, 2023 by proudly displaying the flags of the United States and the Republic of Chad together, high above City Hall in recognition of the socially adopted culture and ethnic diversity of our community of Jersey City.
The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country at the crossroads of North and Central Africa. It is bordered by Libya to the north, Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Cameroon to the southwest, Nigeria to the to the southwest (at Lake Chad), and Niger to the west. Chad has a population of 16 million, of which 1.6 million live in the capital and largest city N’Djamena.
Beginning in the 7th millennium BC, human populations moved into the Chadian basin in great numbers. By the end of the 1st millennium AD, a series of states and empires had risen and fallen in Chad’s Sahelian strip, each focused on controlling the trans-Saharan trade routes that passed through the region. France conquered the territory by 1920 and incorporated it as part of French Equatorial Africa. In 1960, Chad obtained independence under the leadership of François Tombalbaye. Resentment towards his policies in the Muslim north culminated in the eruption of a long-lasting civil war in 1965. In 1979 the rebels conquered the capital and put an end to the South’s hegemony. The rebel commanders then fought amongst themselves until Hissène Habré defeated his rivals. The Chadian–Libyan conflict erupted in 1978 by the Libyan invasion which stopped in 1987 with a French military intervention (Operation Épervier). Hissène Habré was overthrown in turn in 1990 by his general Idriss Déby. With French support, a modernization of the Chad National Army was initiated in 1991. From 2003, the Darfur crisis in Sudan spilt over the border and destabilized the nation. While many political parties participated in Chad’s legislature, the National Assembly, power laid firmly in the hands of the Patriotic Salvation Movement during the presidency of Idriss Déby. After President Déby was killed by FACT rebels in April 2021, the Transitional Military Council led by his son Mahamat Déby assumed control of the government and dissolved the Assembly. Chad remains plagued by political violence and recurrent attempted coups d’état.
Today’s flag raising reflects the camaraderie built between the United States and Republic of Chad and our enduring love for freedom, liberty and democracy that today the world is still inspired by.
