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The official Togolese government site states that Togo commemorates Martyrs’ Day every 21 June in memory of those killed in the independence struggle and confirms that the day is a public h…
Maryland State Archives
U.S. federal sources document the Grand Army of the Republic’s General Orders No. 11 of May 5, 1868, the May 30 Decoration Day observance, and current federal law placing Memorial Day on th…
The Organization of American States’ current country page lists Mexico National Independence Day as 16 September.
The official Lok Bhavan Mizoram document register publishes “Mizoram Statehood Day, 2026” dated 20 February 2026. The site inventory wording “Mizoram State Day” is retained for search match…
Lesotho government sources commemorate Moshoeshoe I on 11 March, and the official holiday calendar lists the day as a public holiday. Government history frames 11 March as remembrance of th…
Mozambique’s government lists February 3 as Dia dos Heróis Moçambicanos among national holidays. Government and presidential material connect the date to Eduardo Mondlane’s death on 3 Febru…
Mongolian government guidance lists Naadam as a July 11–15 public holiday; UNESCO’s 2010 inscription documents the July 11–13 core national festival and its living cultural-heritage charact…
A 2002 presidential proclamation designated August 16 as National Airborne Day in connection with the first official Army parachute jump on August 16, 1940. Senate resolutions have repeated…
National Day Calendar lists National Alabama Day on 14 December as part of its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 to honor states in the order they joined the Un…
National Day Calendar lists National Alaska Day on 28 June as part of its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 to honor states in the order they joined the Union.…
The Government of Aruba lists National Anthem and Flag Day on 18 March and describes March 18 as Aruba’s national holiday.
National Day Calendar lists National Arizona Day on 21 June as part of its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 to honor states in the order they joined the Union.…
National Day Calendar lists National Arkansas Day on 11 January as part of its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 to honor states in the order they joined the Un…
36 U.S.C. §118 authorizes U.S. presidential proclamations designating August 19 as National Aviation Day; original recurring proclamation was issued in 1939, distinct from a one-time May 19…
National Day Calendar places National California Day on February 22 within its creator-defined National State Days series, introduced in 2017 and sequenced by state admission order with cal…
National Day Calendar lists National Connecticut Day on August 10 within its privately created National State Days series. Connecticut’s January 9, 1788 statehood date is kept separate, and…
Government of India Press Information Bureau / Department of Consumer Affairs
Austrian Parliament material establishes October 26 as National Day, ties the date to the 1955 neutrality law and identifies Federal Act No. 298 of October 25, 1965 as the law establishing…
Bahrain’s official national portal lists National Day on December 16 and separately lists independence from the United Kingdom on August 15, 1971; official cultural material documents the n…
China’s central government states that October 1 is National Day, that the Central People’s Government adopted the National Day resolution on December 2, 1949, and that current national-hol…
An official Union of the Comoros government publication identifies July 6, 1975 as the country’s accession to international sovereignty and documents current official July 6 national ceremo…
Kuwait Government Online documents the National Day history: the first celebration was held on 19 June 1962; celebrations used 19 June through 1964; an Amiri decree merged National Day with…
Lao News Agency states that National Day is celebrated annually on 2 December and links the date to the proclamation/establishment of the Lao People’s Democratic Republic on 2 December 1975…
Liechtenstein government material identifies National Day on 15 August, says the Government introduced it in 1940, and explains that the date combined the Feast of the Assumption with the e…
Luxembourg’s Grand Ducal Court explains that a Grand-Ducal decree/order of 23 December 1961 fixed 23 June as the official day of public celebration of the Grand Duke’s birthday, with the fi…
The Journal de Monaco explains that Prince Rainier III fixed 19 November as the Sovereign’s Feast from 1952 by Sovereign Ordinance no. 465 of 27 October 1951, choosing his enthronement day…
Official Ethiopian sources identify May 28 as a national day/national holiday associated with the 1991 downfall of the Derg military government. The Ethiopian Investment Commission currentl…
Qatar Law No. 11 of 2007 establishes 18 December—the 1878 power-assumption date of Sheikh Jassim bin Mohamed bin Thani—as the State National Day and makes the annual National Day an officia…
Romania’s Law No. 10 of 31 July 1990 proclaims 1 December the National Day and repeals the former 23 August national-holiday decision; Romanian government material connects 1 December with…
Singapore’s National Archives documents the first National Day celebrations in 1966 and the August 1966 switch from the announced name Independence Day to National Day; Singapore’s Independ…
Benin government sources mark 1 August as the Fête Nationale and describe the 2026 celebration as the 66th anniversary of accession to national sovereignty.
Cameroon Presidency material identifies May 20 as National Day and links it to the 1972 referendum establishing the Unitary State; ministry sources list May 20 in the legal-holiday framewor…
The Government of Canada states that the Workers Mourning Day Act established April 28 as the official day observed every year, and current 2026 federal material continues to mark the Day o…
The current National Day of Reason campaign and American Humanist Association identify May 4 as the annual observance date; a 2026 U.S. House resolution also recognizes May 4, 2026 without…
Canada’s National Day of Remembrance Act establishes December 6 each year throughout Canada, while current federal material connects the date to remembrance of the 14 women killed at Polyte…
Argentina’s Law 25.633 establishes March 24 as the National Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice, while current official holiday law treats March 24 as a non-transferable national holid…
Current Taiwan government holiday information lists October 10 as National Day, and Presidential Office historical material connects the date to the Wuchang Uprising of October 10, 1911.
National Day Calendar lists National Delaware Day on July 13 within its privately created National State Days series. Delaware’s December 7, 1787 statehood date is kept separate, and Indige…
Liberia’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that an Act of the National Legislature approved on 25 October 1915 declared August 24 of each year National Flag Day and a national/public holi…
Government of Canada / Canadian Heritage; declared in 1996 and tied to the first raising of the maple leaf flag in 1965
National Day Calendar lists National Florida Day on January 25 within its privately created National State Days series. Florida’s March 3, 1845 statehood date is kept separate, and Indigeno…
Prime Minister’s Office of Japan
36 U.S.C. §124 authorizes an annual presidential proclamation of February 1 as National Freedom Day to commemorate President Lincoln’s February 1, 1865 signing of the joint resolution propo…
The National Guard identifies 13 December as its birthday.
National Day Calendar identifies National Hawaii Day as its private July 5 National State Day founded within the 2017 series. Federal and NPS/OHA sources keep August 21, 1959 statehood, the…
The Bahamas National Heroes Act designates the second Monday in October as National Heroes Day and a public holiday.
Jamaica’s Holidays (Public General) Act schedule names the third Monday in October as National Heroes’ Day; Jamaica Information Service states that the country first celebrated National Her…
Bulgaria’s Labour Code Article 154 lists March 3, the Day of Liberation of Bulgaria from Ottoman rule, as the national holiday; the Council of Ministers links the date to the preliminary Tr…
National Day Calendar lists its private National Idaho Day on May 17 within the 2017 National State Days series. The U.S. Senate separately records July 3, 1890 statehood, while Idaho educa…
National Day Calendar lists its private National Illinois Day on December 7 within the National State Days series. The U.S. Senate separately records December 3, 1818 statehood, while Illin…
Cambodia’s official 2026 holiday calendar lists November 9 as National Independence Day, while Royal Government historical material identifies 9 November 1953 as the date Cambodia obtained…
Mauritanian government sources state that independence was proclaimed on November 28, 1960 and that National Independence Day recurs on November 28. Law No. 92.018 of December 7, 1992 fixes…
Madagascar government sources mark the national independence celebration on 26 June; the official 2023 legal holiday decree also lists 26 June as Fête nationale de l’Indépendance.
A 2026 Romanian prefecture notice states that, following Law 189/2021, the Romanian state has commemorated National Independence Day every year on 10 May since 2022.
National Day Calendar lists its private National Indiana Day on November 16. Indiana law separately designates December 11 as Indiana Day for the statehood anniversary, while federal and In…
Government of India Ministry of Home Affairs / Press Information Bureau
National Day Calendar lists its private National Iowa Day on February 8. Federal history separately records December 28, 1846 statehood, while State Historical Society of Iowa sources docum…
National Day Calendar lists its private National Kentucky Day on October 19. Federal history separately records June 1, 1792 statehood, while Kentucky’s Native American Heritage Commission…
National Day Calendar lists its private National Louisiana Day on November 9. Louisiana law separately designates April 30 as Louisiana Day (not a legal holiday), matching the 1812 statehoo…
National Day Calendar lists its private National Maine Day on December 21 and describes the National State Days series as beginning in 2017. Maine separately designates March 15 as Statehoo…
United States Code, title 36 §128
National Day Calendar lists National Massachusetts Day on 17 August. The U.S. Senate records Massachusetts’s admission/statehood date as 6 February 1788. The two dates are deliberately kept…
National Day Calendar lists National Michigan Day on 18 January. The U.S. Senate records Michigan’s admission/statehood date as 26 January 1837. The two dates are deliberately kept separate…
National Day Calendar lists National Minnesota Day on 1 March. The U.S. Senate records Minnesota’s admission/statehood date as 11 May 1858. The two dates are deliberately kept separate so t…
National Day Calendar lists National Mississippi Day on 30 November. The U.S. Senate records Mississippi’s admission/statehood date as 10 December 1817. The two dates are deliberately kept…
National Day Calendar lists National Missouri Day on 4 January. The U.S. Senate records Missouri’s admission/statehood date as 10 August 1821. The two dates are deliberately kept separate s…
National Day Calendar lists National Montana Day on 3 May. The U.S. Senate records Montana’s admission/statehood date as 8 November 1889. The two dates are deliberately kept separate so the…
The Navajo Nation Office of the President and Vice President recognizes 14 August as National Navajo Code Talkers Day.
National Day Calendar lists National Nebraska Day on 5 April. The U.S. Senate records Nebraska’s admission/statehood date as 1 March 1867. The two dates are deliberately kept separate so th…
National Day Calendar lists National New Hampshire Day on 7 September. The U.S. Senate records New Hampshire’s admission/statehood date as 21 June 1788. The two dates are deliberately kept…
National Day Calendar lists National New Jersey Day on 27 July. The U.S. Senate records New Jersey’s admission/statehood date as 18 December 1787. The two dates are deliberately kept separa…
