Ammon News - AMMONNEWS -His Majesty King Abdullah II on Friday patronized, in the presence of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al Abdullah and HRH Crown Prince Al Hussein Bin Abdullah, a ceremony marking the Kingdom's 66th Independence Day.

Jordanians celebrate today, 25th of May, the 65th anniversary of the Independence Day of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan.

The late King Abdullah I established the Kingdom in 1921.

His efforts to achieve internal security and a national unity won the newly established Transjordan recognition from Great Britain in 1923.

King Abdullah I, the founder, launched a strenuous struggle, with the Jordanian cavaliers to steadfastly imprint this remarkable day in the history of the nation.

While Jordanians celebrate this dear and close national occasion to their hearts, they remind themselves of the struggle of the earlier generations for long years, under their Hashemite leadership, to establish independence, build the state and affirm freedom for the country and the people.

Jordan was and will remain, as its wise Hashemite leadership wanted it to be, an Arab and Islamic stronghold and patron of sincere peace efforts.

Under the leadership of the Late King Talal Bin Abdullah and the Late King Hussein Bin Talal, may God rest their souls in peace, and up to the accession of His Majesty King Abdullah II to uphold the Hashemite banner, Jordan has never ceased to achieve numerous achievements on different political, economic, social, cultural and service fronts.

Today, Jordanians perceive their future under the leadership of His Majesty King Abdullah II, as prosperous and luminous.

They identify with their country's honorable history, and its great achievements of present, and look towards a future that promotes justice, democracy, prosperity and stability, one that cements equal opportunities, and security is endowed with, in spite of hardships it experiences.

The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan won its formal independence from Britain on May 25, 1946.