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From Wikipedia-

Yom Ha’atzmaut (Hebrew: יום העצמאות‎ yom hā-‘aṣmā’ūṯ), is the national Israeli independence day, commemorating the declaration of independence of Israel in 1948.

It falls on the 5th of the Jewish lunar month Iyar, celebrating the declaration of the state of Israel by David Ben-Gurion in Tel Aviv on May 14, 1948 (5 Iyar, 5708), and the end of the British Mandate of Palestine.

It is always preceded by Yom Hazikaron, the Israel fallen soldiers Remembrance Day on the 4th of Iyar (pronounced “eeyahr”).

An official ceremony is held every year on Mount Herzl on the evening of Yom Ha’atzmaut. The ceremony includes a speech by the speaker of the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament), a dramatic presentation, a ritual march of soldiers carrying the Flag of Israel, forming elaborate structures (such as a Menorah, Magen David and a number which represents the age of Israel) and the lighting of twelve torches (one for each of the Tribes of Israel). Every year a dozen Israeli citizens, who made a significant contribution in a selected area, are invited to light the torches.

Google Israel has this image:

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Wikipedia’s entry about Japan’s Children’s Day

May 05 is Children’s Day, called こどもの日 (“Kodomo no hi”, こどもの日^?) in Japanese; the festivities used to be called Boy’s Day , called 端午の節句 (Tango no Sekku, 端午の節句^?) in Japanese , to distinguish it from Girls’ Day, called 桃の節句 (Momo no Sekku, 桃の節句^?), ひな祭り (Hinamatsuri, ひな祭り^?) in Japanese , March 3). Both of these days are marked with a lot of activities for children. On this day, children display samurai swords, armor, and Kintarō dolls. Two important symbols of Children’s day are carps and irises. Traditionally, families fly carp kites with a carp representing each son.

Here is Google Japan’s logo-

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Today is Queen’s Day in the Netherlands.

Here is a little info from Wikipedia:

Queen’s Day (Dutch: Koninginnedag) is a celebration in the Netherlands, the Netherlands Antilles, and Aruba on April 30 (or April 29th if the 30th is a Sunday). Originally a celebration of the queen’s birthday, it is now mainly known for the ‘vrijmarkt’ (literally ‘freemarket’), the one day in the year that anyone is allowed to sell anything in the streets and ‘koninginnenacht’ (Queen’s Night) on the preceding night. It is also a Dutch holiday.

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