Haiti
The Republic of Haiti shares the Carribean island
of Hispaniola with the Dominican Republic.
 Discovery Day, December 5. Commemorates the discovery of Haiti by Christopher Columbus in 1492.
Vertières Day, November 18. Commemorates the Haitian victory over the French in the Battle of Vertieres on this day in
1803.
This is also Haiti's
Army Day.
Independence Day, January 1. Anniversary of the day in 1804 when Jean Jacques Dessalines made a declaration of
independence and restored the country's original name
Haiti, from the Indian for "land of mountains."
Dessalines Day, October 17. Anniversary of the death of Jean Jacques Dessalines (d.1806), revolutionary,
was declared emperor in 1805.
National Sovereignty Day, May 22. Dedicated to the head of state and to the nation's culture.
Hero's Day, January 2. Honors the Haitians' anscestors.
Also known as
Ancestry Day.
Flag Day, May 18.
Presidents Day, June 22.
United Nations Day, October 24. Anniversary of the founding of the United Nations in 1945.
Public holidays
Independence Day, Hero's Day, Shrove Monday,
Shrove Tuesday, Good Friday, Pan-American Day, Labor Day (May 1), Flag Day,
National Sovereignty Day, Assumption, United Nations Day, All Souls' Day, Vertières Day,
Discovery Day, Christmas.
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