Also known as "Haitian Independence Soup" or "Freedom Soup," soup joumou is a taste of Haitian history and independence ...

Natives of Haiti! My happy fate was to be one day the sentinel ... collected here close to me for the good of our land, the day has come, the day which must make our glory, our independence, eternal.

Gou, a Haitian restaurant that opened a year ago in the Olney section of Philly, will be serving soup joumou on Jan. 2 as part of its celebration of Haitian Independence Day.

Haitian Flag Day commemorates the creation of Haiti’s flag, a symbol deeply rooted in the nation’s struggle for independence.

Relations between the neighboring countries on the island of Hispaniola have long been frosty. They are now complicated by up ...

Among those who ended up receiving some of the money that Haitian citizens put out—largely composed of former slaves and the descendants of slaves— were the Empress of Brazil, the son-in-law of ...