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National Holiday in Bermuda

National Holiday in Bermuda is held on May 24. This event in the third decade of the month May is annual.
Prior to 2017, Bermuda Day was observed on May 24th. Legislation, which was tabled in January 2020, moved the Bermuda Day holiday from the last Friday in May to the Friday before the final Monday of May. Bermuda Day was originally Victoria Day, Empire Day, Commonwealth Day and Heritage Day. Originally Empire Day, the holiday started as a celebration of Queen Victoria’s birthday, evolved into the May 24 holiday and was renamed Bermuda Day in 1979.

Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts

Bermuda International Film Festival on May 17 (May 17-25, 2021);
Bermuda Day on May 25 (celebrated on the nearest weekday if May 24 falls on the weekend);
National Heroes Day in Bermuda on June 15 (Celebrate on the third Monday of June);
Father's Day on June 21 (Ñelebrated on the third Sunday of June øò Argentina, Aruba, Canada, Costa Rica, France, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Kenya, Japan, Macao, Malaysia, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Pakistan, Peru, Puerto Rico, Singapore, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Venezuela, United Kingdom);
Emancipation Day in Bermuda on July 30 (celebrated on Thursday before the first Monday in August);
Mary Prince Day or Somer’s Day in Bermuda on July 31 (celebrated on Friday before the first Monday in August);
Emancipation Day in Barbados, Bermuda, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica on August 1 (Celebration of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 which ended the slavery in the British Empire, generally celebrated as a part of Carnival, as the Caribbean Carnival takes place at this time)
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