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Originally Posted by Dudebro
Why would I be?
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Because you had to go to work and we didn't.
Here's the story if your are genuinely concerned:
..............Victoria Day is ..............celebrated on the first ..............Monday preceding May 25th. ..............It is a statutory ..............holiday throughout all ..............of Canada except the ..............Atlantic provinces (New ..............Brunswick, Newfoundland ..............and Labrador, Nova ..............Scotia, and Prince ..............Edward Island).
.............. ..............Victoria Day falls on ..............the second to last ..............Monday in May, which is ..............usually the third ..............weekend, but can be the ..............fourth in years like ..............1999 where the 31st ..............falls on a Monday. It ..............falls on the weekend ..............preceding ..............
..............Memorial Day in the ..............United States. Some ..............cities celebrate this ..............day with fireworks in ..............the evening.
.............. ..............Victoria Day is ..............officially the ..............Sovereign's birthday. ..............The Sovereign's birthday ..............was first observed in ..............Ontario (then called ..............Canada West) in 1845 to ..............celebrate the birthday ..............of Queen Victoria of ..............England (1837-1901).
.............. ..............After the death of Queen ..............Victoria, an Act was ..............passed by the Parliament ..............of Canada establishing a ..............legal holiday on May 24 ..............in each year (or May 25 ..............if May 24 fell on a ..............Sunday) under the name ..............Victoria Day. An ..............amendment to the ..............Statutes of Canada in ..............1952 established the ..............celebration of Victoria ..............Day on the Monday ..............preceding May 25, making ..............it the first long ..............weekend of the summer ..............season.
.............. ..............From 1953 to 1956, the ..............Queen's birthday was ..............celebrated in Canada on ..............Victoria Day. In 1957, ..............Victoria Day was ..............permanently appointed as ..............the Queen's birthday in ..............Canada. In the United ..............Kingdom, the Queen's ..............birthday is celebrated ..............in June.
.............. ..............Victoria Day has also ..............been known as the ..............Queen's Birthday, Empire ..............Day, and ..............
..............Commonwealth Day. ..............The holiday name was ..............changed to Empire Day in ..............the 1890s when ..............enthusiasm for the ..............British Empire was at a ..............peak. By the mid-20th ..............century, however, the ..............Empire had given way to ..............the Commonwealth, so the ..............holiday became known as ..............
..............Commonwealth Day. In ..............1977 ..............
..............Commonwealth Day was ..............moved to the second ..............Monday in March and ..............Canadians continued to ..............celebrate Victoria Day ..............in May.
.............. ..............In Québec, since 2003 it ..............has also been known as ..............National Patriots’ Day ..............to honor the rebellion ..............against the British in ..............1837. Before 2003 in ..............Québec it was known as ..............la Fête de Dollard or ..............Dollard Day in honor of ..............the 17th ..............century soldier, Adam ..............Dollard des Ormeaux.
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