France: Bastille Day
Did you know that France’s national holiday on 14 July doesn’t actually commemorate the storming of the Bastille?
USA: Independence Day
4 July is the day the USA celebrates its independence…
Canada Day
1 July is Canada Day, marking the creation of the Dominion of Canada in 1867.
Mozambique: Independence Day
Mozambique celebrates its national day on 25 June each year, commemorating independence from Portugal in 1975.
Falkland Islands: Liberation Day
14 June marks the liberation of the Falkland Islands at the end of the 1982 War between the United Kingdom and Argentina.
Philippines: Independence Day
The Philippines Independence Day commemorates their declaration of independence in 1898 – but they had to wait nearly 50 years to actually achieve it.