Public holidays in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

(2016 dates)

• January 1: New Year's Day
• March 14: National Heroes Day, honors Chief Joseph Chatoyer on the anniversary of his death in 1795.
• Good Friday (varies each year)
• Easter Monday (varies each year)
• May 1: Labour Day
• Whit Monday (varies each year)
• First Monday in July: Carnival Monday
• First Tuesday in July: Carnival Tuesday
• August 1: Emancipation Day, commemorates the liberation of slaves, 1834.
• October 27: Independence Day, from the UK in 1979.
• December 25: Christmas Day
• December 26: Boxing Day

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