2008 Holidays and Events in Antigua and Barbuda

Additional Information	Date	Name
	1/1/2008, Tue	New Year's Day
Note A statutory public holiday.
	3/21/2008, Fri	Good Friday
Note A statutory Christian movable public holiday.
	3/23/2008, Sun	Easter
Note A Christian religious observance. Not a statutory public holiday.
	3/24/2008, Mon	Easter Monday
Note A statutory Christian movable public holiday.
	5/5/2008, Mon	Labour Day
Note A statutory movable public holiday.
	5/12/2008, Mon	Whit Monday
Note A statutory Christian movable public holiday.
	8/4/2008, Mon	J'ouvert / Carnival Monday
Note A statutory movable public holiday. Marks J'ouvert, the opening of the Antigua Carnival, and absorbs the Emancipation Day commemoration (1 August 1834 Emancipation Act) which is NOT given a separate statutory day in Antigua and Barbuda.
	8/5/2008, Tue	Carnival Tuesday / Last Lap
Note A statutory movable public holiday. Second day of the Antigua Carnival; also known as Last Lap.
	9/11/2008, Thu	National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving
Note A statutory movable public holiday.
	11/3/2008, Mon	Independence Day: Actual Observance Day
Note A statutory public holiday commemorating the independence of Antigua and Barbuda from the United Kingdom on 1 November 1981.
	12/9/2008, Tue	V.C. Bird Day / National Heroes Day
Note A statutory public holiday established in honour of Sir Vere Cornwall Bird Sr, the first Prime Minister and "Father of the Nation." Also observed as National Heroes Day.
	12/25/2008, Thu	Christmas Day
Note A statutory public holiday. The Christian celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ.
	12/26/2008, Fri	Boxing Day
Note A statutory public holiday.

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