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 * Day after Carnival Monday: 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 rdf:langString