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nation of the republic. She also COM
pliments France by observing July
IA as Liberty day and this country by
celebrating November .2S as United
States day. Chile observes September
1913 as National independence days:
Colombia July 20, Costa Rica Sep
tember Is, and Ecuador August 10.
Cuba's Independence day is May 90.
February "a Is remembered for me
revolution of Barre and October 10
for the revolution Of Yara.
The Dominican Republic celebrates
on February - the founding of the
republic and on August 1S the be-
ginning of the war for independence.
Guatemala has September Is as Its
Independence day as have Honduras
Nicaragua and Salvador. Paraguay
takes two days to celebrate its inde-
serves November 25 as Adoption of
the Constitution day. Panama cele-
brates November 3. its separation
from Colombia, and November IS, Its
independence of Spain. Peru takes
three days to celebrate Its independ-
ence. July IS. % and 80. Uruguay has
Liberty day May rs. Venezuela has
designated October 2S as Bolivar day,
when the deeds of the great liberator
are recalled. 1t has also set apart
April 19 as the day for c0mmemorat-
ing the first movement for inde-
penQenCe.
Celebrate Their Independence.
Denmark observes June as Consti-
tuition day. Greece observes April z
as independence day and Haiti jan
uary 1. Italys national holiday Is
September 20. Japan, besides oDserv-
ing the new year holidays, celebrates
February II, anniversary of the coro-
nation of the first emperor. and Au-
gust 81, the emperor's birthday an
niversary Jugoslavia commentaries
tional unity and also celebrates July
IL, the kings birthday. Liberals In
dependence day is July rs. The Mo-
hammedan holy days are observed in
Mesopotamia as in other Moslem
countries. Mexico celebrates its in
5 is observed as Constitution day ana
November 90 al the anniversary Of
the revolution.
!, The Netherlands observe the queens
birthday, August 81. New Zealand
celebrates September 26 as Dominion
day. Norway has set apart May ~ as
the date marking its independence.
Poland observes May 3 as Consti-
tuition day December 1 is Independ-
ence day in Portugal, and October .
is observed as the date of the estab-
lishment of the republic. Rumania
celebrates February s as the union
Of the principalities. Russia observes
March II as the anniversary of the
revolution. Siam has a holiday De-
cember q in commemoration OF the
coronation of the king. Siberia has
set apart March II for celebration of
the Russian revolution. In addition
to its church holidays, Spain observes
a holiday of the race" october -.
Columbus or Discovery day. The only
holiday of civic significance in Tur-
key is July %. anniversary of the
proclamation Of the constitution.
None by Act Of Congress.
The United States has no national
holidays established by Congress.
Each state designates its own holi-
days, but when the President pro-
claims a holiday. such as Thanksgiv-
ing day, the states adopt the same
date.
Certain days are observed as holi-
DAYS in some states and not in 9TH
ers. June 10, the birthday of Robert
e. Lee, is observed by nine southern
states. Mardi Gras day is celebrated
by three. Lincoln's birthday, Febru-
ary 12, is observed by twenty-six
states. Alaska and Hawaii. February
%, Washington's birthday. is cele-
brated by every state in the Union
and the American possessions. March
4, Inauguration day. is holiday
only in the District Of Columbia.
March 80 Is observed in Alaska as
Seward day and October Is as Alaska
day, April 13, Jefferson's birthday, is
/ honored only in Alabama. April 26
is a memorial day in four southern
states and May 10 in two. June 3.
the birthday Of Jefferson Davis. is
observed as holiday in nine south
ern states. October 12. Columbus day.
is celebrated in thirty-three states
and Porto Rico and twehty-one for