Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Independence Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines is held on October 27. Celebrates the independence of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines from United Kingdom in 1979. This event in the third decade of the month October is annual. 
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St. Vincent and the Grenadines is very popular for being a weddings and honeymoon paradise and has won the Best Honeymoon Island of The Year presented by Caribbean Travel World Awards in 2007 and again in 2008.
Independence for Saint Vincent was achieved on Oct. 27, 1979. Shortly thereafter, the political entity became known officially as Saint Vincent and the Grenadines. The new government was formed as a constitutional monarchy and became a member of the Commonwealth.
Columbus was the first European to discover St Vincent and the Grenadines. He discovered the islands of SVG in 1498. He named the main island after the Spanish saint, St. Vincent of Saragossa. The thirty-two smaller islands he called “Grenadines,” the Spanish for pomegranate because their geography is reminiscent of the distribution of pomegranate seeds.
Similar holidays and events, festivals and interesting facts
Food Festival or Breadfruit Festival in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on August 2 (Food Festival is weekend during August);
Boxing Day on December 26 (Belgium, Fiji, The Bahamas, Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Samoa...);
Feast of St. Vincent in Valencia, Spain on January 22 (traditionally held mass festivities, costumed processions and a large wine festival. The holiday is celebrated in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines);
Heroes' Day in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines on March 14
Easter in Western Christianity on April 20 (Første påskedag in Norway);
Mother’s Day on May 11 (Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, Bermuda, Bhutan, Bonaire, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei, Canada, Cambodia, Cayman Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, China, Colombia, Congo, Dem. Rep., Congo, Rep., Cote d'Ivoire, Croatia, Cuba, Curaçao, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Ecuador, Equatorial Guinea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Faroe Islands, Fiji, Finland, Germany, Gabon, Gambia, Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guyana, Honduras, Hong Kong, Iceland, India, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Latvia, Liberia, Liechtenstein, Macau, Malaysia, Malta, Myanmar, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Samoa, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Slovakia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Tonga, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United States, Uruguay, Vietnam, Venezuela, Zambia, Zimbabwe);
Whit Monday on June 9 (celebrated on the day after Pentecost)