IN PICTURES: Israel's Independence Day over the years
A look back at 66 years of celebrations.
By JERUSALEM POST STAFFMasses 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)
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