On March 15, 2021, the Nation Liberia commemorates your 212 th birth anniversary as a National Holiday. This honor is befitting of an elder Statesman and first President of Africa’s oldest Republic. Posthumously, we lay a note at your tomb with the inscription, “Happy birthday”. President Roberts, you had an eye of an eagle when you, in your will, left a portion of your estate as a seed funding with the solemn words, “for the education of Liberia’s children”. The J.J. Roberts Educational Foundation is the brainchild of your visionary mindset that saw a need two centuries ahead and moved in time to fill it. The J.J. Roberts Educational Foundation continues to provide tuition for hundreds of students based on academic excellence.