I think it's probably really the most important holiday in the United States because it is a day that is not tied to a particular religion.

VOA: special.2009.11.23

The holiday that honors him is called a National Day of Service.

VOA: special.2009.01.16

Activities will start this September over the Labor Day holiday weekend.

VOA: special.2009.03.30

International Women's Day is a public holiday in several countries.

VOA: special.2010.03.08

After the end of apartheid in 1994, the new government proclaimed the date South Africa's Human Rights Day and made it a national holiday.

VOA: standard.2010.03.21

Usually a one-day event, the celebration continued for several days around the actual holiday.

VOA: standard.2010.04.25

In February,more than 1,000 officers,veterans, and civilians rallied against military reforms in a protest sponsored by the Communist Party on Defender of the Motherland Day, a Russian national holiday.

VOA: standard.2009.03.20