The Bailiff of Guernsey Richard McMahon recorded a special message this year given Liberation Day 2021 celebrations are a little different to normal. Join us in commemorating the 76th Anniversary of Liberation Day this year by following our Facebook Page and watching all the digital content we have to share with you over the course of the day.

The Town Church service begins at 11am which we welcome you to watch live before coverage of the Islandwide Community Cavalcade is offered early this afternoon. This evening the unveiling of the Liberation Day monument will be available to view as well as the highly anticipated Fireworks display.

The Liberation Day church service 2021 will be broadcast live from Town Church on Sunday 9th May. Tune in and follow live coverage of the whole ceremony below. Be sure to follow the rest of the coverage we have planned by watching the videos on this page.

The unveiling of the Liberation Day Monument took place earlier today and we are pleased to see it finally see the light of day. Originally commissioned to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of Liberation Day it has been in hiding for a year until earlier today when it was unveiled to the public. In this video we witness the monument being unveiled to the public for the first time as well as hearing from the sculptor himself.

Watch live coverage of the Liberation Day 2021 Islandwide Community Cavalcade below. We will be broadcasting from a location at the beginning of the route at L’Erée where we encourage you to watch either online or by joining fellow islanders on the roadside along the route.

Check out this great aerial footage from The Drone Ranger shot on Sunday for our Islandwide Community Cavalcade. If you were on the west coast on Sunday afternoon you might be able to spot yourself!

Watch live coverage of the Liberation Day 2021 Fireworks Display from one of the best vantage points in St. Peter Port. The display will also be broadcast live on our Facebook page so be sure to share the link with your friends and family.

​So we can always remember how we all spent the 75th anniversary of  Liberation Day in lockdown we have made a video showing how we commemorated and celebrated Liberation at home. We will never forget this unique time in our lives and would like to thank all of you who shared their lockdown photos #Liberate75together.

The traditional laying of the wreath at the memorial at the top of Smith street in St. Peter Port to remember those that fought for our freedom.

Watch the traditional Liberation Day church service filmed outside to mark the 75th Anniversary of Liberation Day.

The Full order of Service can be found here.

As the service begins,  the standard bearer moves from the entrance of the Town Church accompanied by a violin solo performed by Max Wong playing, Largo from Sonata for Solo Violin No. 3, BWV 1005/3 by J S Bach.

Max recorded this piece especially for the service on a violin that was made in 1660 by Jakob Stainer, who was the maker of J. S. Bach's very own violin.  The hymns throughout the service and the National Anthem have been created especially for Liberation Day by the Schools Music Centre, Youth Choir and Guernsey Girls' Choir who have worked in collaboration with the Town Church Choir.

We are hugely grateful for this contribution and for the virtual recording of 'You'll  Never Walk Alone'

A message from Her Majesty The Queen read by His Excellency the Lieutenant-Governor, Vice Admiral Sir Ian Corder KBE, CB. The National anthem is performed by The Town Church Choir, Guernsey Music Centre Girls’ and Youth Choirs along with organ accompaniment from Stephen le Prevost.

Footage kindly supplied by The Guernsey Cine & Video Club & all productions directed & edited by Keith Tostevin.

Remember to share with us how you spent Liberation Day at Home by using the hashtag #Liberate75Together

Broadcaster and historian Dan Snow has visited the Islands of Guernsey several times to explore the remnants of the German occupying forces left across the islands after Liberation.

He will be interviewing the Lieutenant-Governor about what Liberation Day means to him.

Browse through our collection of historic old photos from Guernsey during the occupation, featuring some 'Then and Now' shots, gallery of photos.

Thanks to The Guernsey Music Centre Girls' and Youth Choirs and Town Church Choir for providing a very fitting soundtrack.

Thanks to Guernsey Museums for kindly permitting us to reproduce some photos from their archive.

A 360 video experience of the VR project showing the bombing of the White Rock in Guernsey during 1940, created by Karl Dorfner at KD Creative and told by Molly Bihet.

Molly is a local author who was just 9 years old when the Nazis arrived in Guernsey in 1940. Her parents made the decision to stay in Guernsey as a family during the occupation.  It was only in the 1980s that Molly finally wrote her book "A Child's War" describing her and her family's experience during those five dark years from 1940 - 1945.

Here, she talks about witnessing the bombing of the White Rock.

Use your mouse to move around the video and see spitfires flying overhead.