Talk:National day

Why a seperate article?

There must be a reason that this article is separate from Independence Day. They don't call the 4th of July "National Day" in the United States. If they don't call it such, then please don't list it. --Jiang 19:22, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)

To further complicate matters, October 1 is called National Day and is a national holiday in Hong Kong. July 1 is called "Establishment Day". --Jiang 20:10, 9 Aug 2004 (UTC)

There are differences between National Day, National holiday and Independence Day; The National Day is defined in the article. Perhaps this could be expanded to say that it is the day when the primary national celebrations take place. Many - maybe most - countries do not have a particular day called National Day. The term is a definition. As such, it is reasonable to say that the National Day of the USA is 4th July. This happens to be Independence Day. Some countries have a National Day that is not their Independence Day. The definition of Independence Day is self explanatory. National holiday is a looser term describing any day that is a holiday throughtout a country. Most countries have several National holidays in a year. One of these may be the National Day and also Independence Day (e.g. USA). In Britain the National Day is not a National holiday, nor is it Independence Day. --Arcturus

How do you explain calling July 1st "National Day" in Hong Kong when the term would mean October 1 in all other contexts? This is just confusing... If this is a mere definition, then "day" should not be capitalized. --Jiang 18:34, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Some of the listings at Independence Day are not really dates of independence. This article can and should explain the specific occaision as is done at Independence Day. --Jiang 18:36, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Quote from the CIA World Factbook on Hong Kong:

National Day (Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China), 1 October (1949); note - 1 July 1997 is celebrated as Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Establishment Day

So the article should be updated with 1st Oct for Hong Kong (I'll do it). I think the date attributed to HK at the moment is the old National Day. It would improve the article if further information about the nature of each of the National Days was given. Any volunteers? (I might make a start) Arcturus 18:56, 12 Aug 2004 (UTC)

Rosie

Shouldn't that be explained, why Rosie is the ruler.....? otherwise it might be quite confusing... who is rosie, etc...?

Quebec and Australian state days

So long as Quebec is featured on this list, it seems to me to make sense that the particular days of Australian states (and the Northern Territory), such as Queensland Day, should be as well. Is there any objection? thorpewilliam (talk) 07:22, 7 July 2022 (UTC)

Aragon – "an XIII legend"

What is an "XIII legend"? Is it meant to be a 13th-century legend? WP Ludicer (talk) 08:11, 3 July 2023 (UTC)

National Day

Missing from the article: What constitutes a National Day, i.e., how is it determined? Does Congress have anything to do with it? For example, how (and when) has "National Fried Chicken Day" come into existence, by what mechanism? Causticity (talk) 16:47, 6 July 2023 (UTC)