national holiday

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Australia Day is a national holiday that is held each year on 26 January - the anniversary of Britain's First Fleet landing at Sydney Cove in 1788.

From BBC

So we’re fortunate to have a national holiday dedicated to showing appreciation, reminding us to seek the good in our fellow Americans, our shared experiences and ourselves.

From Los Angeles Times

It was timed to fall between a national holiday and the weekend, on a day that many people in South Korea planned to take as vacation.

From New York Times

President Richard Nixon made Father’s Day a national holiday in 1972.

From Seattle Times

The vast majority of the nearly 28 million registered voters in the country of 62 million are expected to go to the polls across South Africa’s nine provinces on Wednesday, which is a national holiday.

From Seattle Times