Public holidays in Grenada
This is a list ofholidaysinGrenada.[1][2]
- January 1:New Year's Day
- February 7:Independence Day,from the United Kingdom in 1974.
- (variable):Good Friday
- (variable)Easter Monday
- May 1:Labour Day
- (variable):Whit Monday
- (variable):Feast of Corpus Christi[3]
- first Monday of August:Emancipation Day,marks the end of slavery in the British Empire in 1834.[4]
- August 11: Carnival
- October 19:National Heroes Day,commemorating the 1983 killing of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, several of his cabinet colleagues and civilians at Fort Rupert, also called Fort George.[5]
- October 25:Thanksgiving Day,celebrates theUnited States invasion of Grenadain 1983.[6]
- December 25:Christmas Day
- December 26:Bo xing Day
References
[edit]- ^List
- ^Government of Grenada:Public holidays and eventsArchived2012-06-23 at theWayback Machine
- ^"Corpus Christi in Grenada in 2021".Office Holidays.RetrievedJanuary 5,2021.
- ^"Emancipation Day in Grenada in 2021".Office Holidays.RetrievedJanuary 5,2021.
- ^"Government to make 19 October a public holiday from 2023".RetrievedOctober 1,2023.
- ^"Thanksgiving in Grenada in 2021".Office Holidays.RetrievedJanuary 5,2021.