Bulgaria's Independence Day

Here's to Bulgarian nationals today, their Independence Day.  

They were liberated from the Ottoman Empire by the Russian Army, with support from Bulgarian volunteer forces and the Romanian Army, and the Treaty of San Stefano on March 3rd, 1878.

The more we learn about this country, the more we respect so much of what they choose to implement and stand for.  Though Bulgaria has a long way to go (don't we all?), they have come a long way since their 3rd-Empire Independence in 1878, since their first free elections in 1990, and since 2007, when they joined the European Union.

Поздравления (Pozdravlenia), България (Bulgaria)!
We're proud to soon be a part of you!