IN PICTURES: Israel's Independence Day over the years
A look back at 66 years of celebrations.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFA unit from the South Lebanon Army marches in a Yom Ha’atzmaut parade in Kiryat Shmona in 1982.(photo credit: HERZ/JERUSALEM POST ARCHIVES)Masses turn out to watch an IDF parade just outside Jerusalem’s Old City in honor of Independence Day in 1968.(photo credit: WERNER BRAUN/JERUSALEM POST ARCHIVES)Arab and Jewish residents of Jerusalem gather in the capital to watch a procession by youths in Gadna, the pre-army preparatory course, on Independence Day 1969.(photo credit: JERUSALEM POST ARCHIVE)People dance in the streets of Rishon Lezion to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut in 1972.(photo credit: WERNER BRAUN/JERUSALEM POST ARCHIVES)
IDF troops take part in a military parade in Jerusalem for the 25th anniversary of Israel’s independence in 1973. This was the final year such parades were held in Israel.(photo credit: UPI/JERUSALEM POST ARCHIVES)Pre-schoolers in Herzliya visit an Israel Air Force base and learn from a soldier about how a cannon works to celebrate Yom Ha’atzmaut in 1979.(Dani Gutfreund/ Jerusalem Post archives)Fireworks light up the sky above Jerusalem’s Old City in celebration of Independence Day in 1981.(photo credit: WERNER BRAUN/JERUSALEM POST ARCHIVES)An aerial show at the Israel Air Force museum in Kibbutz Hatzerim held as part of celebrations for Israel’s Independence Day 2014. (photo credit: AMIR COHEN - REUTERS)Celebrators head in to Jerusalem’s Sacher Park in 2014 where barbecues and festivities are held throughout Independence Day.(photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM/THE JERUSALEM POST)
