Merdeka! Remember to wear Red and White tomorrow. Merdeka games get rolling at 1.15pm after lunch. The Merdeka team sent the schedule to faculty. Have a look.
August 17, 1945
Indonesia had been a Dutch colony for over 300 years when a group of revolutionaries declared independence on August 17, 1945. It took Indonesians four years of diplomacy and struggle before their independence was formally granted by Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.