National Holiday

National holiday may refer to:

  • A National Day, in which a country celebrates its independence, establishment or an otherwise significant event.
  • A public holiday, which can be celebrated across a nation. That means that some nations can have more than one National Day.

Famous quotes containing the words national and/or holiday:

    “Thinking is the most unhealthy thing in the world, and people die of it just as they die of any other disease. Fortunately, in England at any rate, thought is not catching. Our splendid physique as a people is entirely due to our national stupidity.”
    —Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)

    “You know, when these New Negroes have their convention—that is going to be the chairman of the Committee on Unending Agitation. Race, race, race!... Damn, even the N double A C P takes a holiday sometimes!”
    —Lorraine Hansberry (1930–1965)