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:

    “It appears to be a matter of national pride that the President is to have more mud, and blacker mud, and filthier mud in front of his door than any other man can afford.”
    —Jane Grey Swisshelm (1815–1884)

    “With a broad shoehorn
    I am unstuffing a big bird in this dream
    Msomebody else’s holiday feast—
    and repacking the crop of my own,
    knowing it will burst with such
    onion, oyster, savory bread crust.”
    —Maxine Kumin (b. 1925)