Public holidays in Grenada
This is a list of holidays in Grenada.[1][2]
- January 1: New Year's Day
- February 7: Independence Day, from the United Kingdom in 1974.
- (variable): Good Friday
- (variable) Easter Monday
- May 1: Labour Day
- (variable): Whit Monday
- (variable): Feast of Corpus Christi[3]
- first Monday of August: Emancipation Day, marks the end of slavery in the British Empire in 1834.[4]
- August 11: Carnival
- October 19: Maurice Bishop Day, commemorating the 1983 killing of former Prime Minister Maurice Bishop, several of his cabinet colleagues and civilians at Fort Rupert, also called Fort George.[5]
- October 25: Thanksgiving Day, celebrates the United States invasion of Grenada in 1983.[6]
- December 25: Christmas Day
- December 26: Boxing Day
References
[edit]- ^ List
- ^ Government of Grenada: Public holidays and events Archived 2012-06-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Corpus Christi in Grenada in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Emancipation Day in Grenada in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 5, 2021.
- ^ "Government to make 19 October a public holiday from 2023". Retrieved October 1, 2023.
- ^ "Thanksgiving in Grenada in 2021". Office Holidays. Retrieved January 5, 2021.