- Laos
- Laos:
The Lao People's Democratic Republic is on south-east Asia.
Independence Day, July 19. Anniversary of the treaty of 1949 which mad Laos a sovereign nation of the French union.
Constitution Day, May 11. Commemorates the constitution of 1947 which provides for a parliamentary democracy and a king as nominal chief executive.
Pathet Lao Day, January 6.
Army Day, occurs around March 24.
Memorial Day, August 15. A public holiday.
Republic Day, December 2. Anniversary of the establishment of the people's republic in 1975.
National holidays.
Chinese New Year, Labor Day (May 1), Republic Day.
- Latvia
- Latvia:
The Republic of Latvia is one of the Baltic states of the former Soviet Union.
Independence Day, November 18. Proclamation of the republic.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Good Friday, Midsummer Festival (June 23-24), Indpendence
Day, Christmas, New Year's Eve.
- Lebanon
- Lebanon:
The Republic of Lebanon is in the Middle East.
Independence Day, November 22, 1943.
Martyrs' Day, May 6.
Saint Maron Day, February 9. Honors the founder of the Maronite church.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Saint Maron Day, Arab League Day, Easter, Orthodox
Easter, Ascension Day, Assumption, All Saints' Day, Independence Day, Chrismas,
Evacuation Day (Dec 31), Leilat al-Meiraj, Id al-Fitr, Id al-Adha, Islamic
New Year, Ashoura, Mouloud.
- Lesotho
- Lesotho:
The Kingdom of Lesotho is an independent nation completely surrounded by South Africa.
Independence Day, October 4, 1966.
Family Day, first Monday of July.
Moshoeshoe's Day, March 12. Honors the tribal leader, King Moshoeshoe I, who consolidated the Basotho nation.
National Sports Day, October 5 [or 6?].
National Tree Planting Day, March 21. Trees are planted on this day to prevent soil erosion.
National Holiday, January 28. Anniversary of the overthrow of Chief Jonathan's Government in 1986.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, National Holiday, Moshoeshoe's Day, Good Friday,
Easter Monday, King's Birthday (May 2), Ascension Day, Family Day, Independence
Day, National Sports Day (Oct 6), Christmas, and Boxing Day.
- Liberia
- Liberia:
The Republic of Liberia was founded as a place to send free blacks by the American Colonization Society under the authority of a United States Congressional charter in 1816.The American Colonization Society purchased the land in 1822 from tribal chiefs. The price included a box of beads, three pairs of shoes, a box of soap, one barrel of rum, and twelve spoons. By 1865, 14,000 slaves freed from America, and 6,000 from elsewhere, had settled in Liberia. The official language is English, and the capital of Monrovia is named for James Monroe. Ironically, for a nation settled by freed slaves which forbids slavery in its constitution, the Liberian government was accused of enslaving the tribal people for work on projects domestic and abroad. This was confirmed by the League of Nations in 1930, as was halted by 1931.
Matilda Newport Day, December 1. A festival in honor of a widowed pioneer who lit a cannon with her pipe and saved her country in 1822 when under siege by tribespeople.
Independence Day, July 26. Anniversary of the Free and Independent Republic of Liberia, 1847. Great Britain recognized the nation in 1848. Although Liberia was settled by Americans, the United States did not recognize the nation's independence until 1862.
Pioneers' Day, January 7. Honors the pioneers who came from the United States and elsewhere in the nineteenth century.
President Tubman's Birthday, November 29. Celebrates the birthday of William Tubman (b.1895), president of Liberia for twenty-seven years. Also called Goodwill Day.
Unification and Integration Day, May 14. Dedicated to the National Unification Party.
National Redemption Day, April 12. Anniversary of the coup in 1980.
Decoration Day, March 13.
Armed Forces Day, February 11. A public holiday in honor of the nation's army, navy, and militia.
Flag Day, August 24.
Fast and Prayer Day, April 11.
Literacy Day, February 14. A holiday to bring attention to worldwide efforts to stamp out illiteracy and to promote adult education.
Thanksgiving Day, first Thursday of November.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Armed Forces Day, Decoration Day, J. J. Robert's
Birthday (Mar 15), Good Friday, Fast and Prayer Day, National Redemption
Day, Unification and Integration Day, Independence Day, Flag Day, Thanksgiving
Day, Memorial Day (Nov 12), President Tubman's Birthday, Christmas.
- Libya
- Libya:
The Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya is Egypt's Neighbor in north Africa.
Expulsion of the Fascist Settlers Day, October 7. In 1970, Libya deported thousands of Italians . Also called Evacuation Day.
Revolution Day, July 23. See Egypt.
Sanusi Army Day, Libya, August 9. Honors the internal security forces.
Troop Withdrawal Day, near June 30. Commemorates the withdrawal of foreign troops.
National Day, September 1. Commemorates the overthrow in 1969 of King Idris I, which lead to the establishment of a republic.
King's Birthday, March 12. No longer observed since the king was deposed [I assume].
Evacuation Day, March 28, June 11, and October 7.
National holidays.
Leilat al-Meiraj, Id al-Fitr, Evacuation Day, Id al-Adha, Islamic
New Year, Ashoura, Mouloud, Revolution Day (Sep 1), Expulsion of Fascist
Settlers Day.
- Liechtenstein
- Liechtenstein:
The Principality of Liechtenstein is a small German speaking nation in central Europe.
National Day, August 15. Honors the royal family along with the Assumption Day celebrations.
Birthday of Prince Franz-Josef II, August 16. A public holiday.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Epiphany, St Joseph's Day, Good Friday, Easter,
Labor Day (May 1), Ascension, Whit Monday, Corpus Christi, Assumption and
National Day, Nativity of Mary, All Saints' Day, Immaculate Conception,
Christmas, St Stephen's Day.
- Lithuania
- Lithuania:
The Republic of Lithuania is a former republic of the Soviet Union.
Independence Day, February 16. Anniversary of Lithuania's declaration of independence in 1918. Lithuania became a republic of the Soviet Union in 1940 after a deal between Stalin and Hitler. Lithuania again declared its independence on March 11, 1990.
Coronation Day, July 6. Anniversary of the coronation of Grand Duke Mindaugas of Lithuania.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Independence Day, Coronation Day, National Day
of Hope and Mourning (Nov 1), Christmas.
- Luxembourg
- Luxembourg:
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is one of Europe's Benelux countries.
National Day, June 23. The grand duke's birthday.
Liberation Day, September 9. Commemorates liberation [of the grand duchy] by the Allies in World War II.
Burgsonndeg, February 28. Celebrates the end of winter with ancient customs.
Gr and Duchess' Birthday, January 23. A holiday celebrated with parades and fireworks.
National holidays.
New Year's Day, Easter Monday, All Saints' Day, Christmas, and
Boxing Day.
