b5media.com

Advertise with us

Enjoying this blog? Check out the rest of the Lifestyles Channel Subscribe to this Feed

All Holiday Cafe

June 16th, 2008

Independence Days around the World

We’ve been talking a lot lately about July 4th, but (of course) the United States holiday isn’t the only Independence Day that we’ve written about here at All Holiday Cafe…and we’ll be covering more (Bastille Day is coming July 14th). Below are just a few of our Independence Day posts:
Philippines Independence Day (June 12)
Italian […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 17 comments

February 4th, 2008

Sri Lanka Independence Day

February 4 is Independence Day in Sri Lanka, the small island formerly known as Ceylon, located south of India in the Indian Ocean. 2008 is the 60th anniversary of the island nation’s independence from British rule in 1948.
Sri Lanka is a nation of approximately 20 million people, the majority of whom are Buddhists. The […]

By Sandy Mitchell -- 1 comment