national holiday

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The vice president published her statement days before allies had announced a big rally in downtown Buenos Aires on May 25, which is a national holiday in Argentina, to push her to run.

From Seattle Times

Eig told The Times: “We’d turned him into a monument and a national holiday and lost sight of his humanity. So I really wanted to write a more intimate book.”

From New York Times

We’d turned him into a monument and a national holiday and lost sight of his humanity.

From New York Times

The remarks, made during a radio and TV broadcast for Labor Day, which is a national holiday on Monday, reinforce leftist Lula's strategy of boosting workers' disposable income to help spur economic growth.

From Reuters

The three-day affair will include a royal procession through central London, a celebrity-studded concert at Windsor Castle, and a national holiday on May 8, as well as street parties across the country.

From New York Times