National Patriots' Day or Journée nationale des patriotes
National Patriots' Day or Journée nationale des patriotes is held on May 19. Quebec, Canada; celebrated on Monday on or before May 24. This event in the second decade of the month May is annual. 
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National Patriots' Day is a public holiday in Quebec on the Monday preceding May 25 of each year. Established on November 22, 2002 and celebrated for the first time on May 19, 2003, this day aims to "underline the importance of the struggle of the Patriots of 1837-1838 for the recognition of their nation, for its political freedom and for the establishment of a democratic government. Prior to 2003, the Monday preceding May 25 of each year was Dollard's Day, instituted in the 1920s. On the same date, Victoria Day is observed federally and by other provinces and territories in Canada.
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