While Victoria Day is celebrated on the last Monday before May 25 in honour of Queen Victoria’s birthday, it is a very Canadian holiday: Victoria Day is also commonly referred to as the “May two-four weekend” or the “May long weekend” and it marks the unofficial start of the cottage … Continue reading
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Queen Victoria’s Birthday Revised
The Naughty Atheists team shared its vision of a new and improved May long weekend on the Canadian Atheist Facebook page: Today Canadians are celebrating Queen Victoria’s birthday, a public holiday, celebrating a 19th century monarch, head of the church of England with antiquated social and moral values, not reflecting … Continue reading