| Name | Date | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| New Years' Day | January 1 | |
| Equality Day | January 21 | Commemorates the execution of Louis XVI by the French people (1793) |
| Victory Day | March 15 | Commemorates the French victory in the French Wars > Fifth French War (1892-5) |
| Easter Monday | Floating | |
| Workers Day | April 23 | Commemorates the Aix-la-Chapelle > Cour de Katche riot (1877) |
| Constitution Day | May 3 | Commemorates the Glorious Reform (1824) of the French Constitution |
| Joan of Arc Day | May 30 | Commemorates the martyrdom (1431) of French national hero Joan of Arc |
| Bastille Day | July 14 | Commemorates the Storming of the Bastille (1789) |
| Reunion Day | August 10 | Commemorates the Storming of the Tuileries (1792) |
| Mother's Day | August 15 | Still often known as Assumption Day, as it was known prior to the Amendments to the Concordat (1857) |
| Republic Day | September 22 | Commemorates the Declaration of the French Republic (1792) |
| Veterans Day | October 3 | Commemorates the end of the French Wars > Fourth French War (1880-4) |
| All Saints' Day | November 1 | |
| Christmas | December 25 | |
| Second Day of Christmas | December 26 | Still often known as St. Stephen's Day, as it was known prior to the Amendments to the Concordat (1857) |
Equality Day
-regarded as somewhat garish to celebrate an execution
-but nevertheless has a fair amount of significance beyond that
-celebrates equality of the nation in general
Workers Day
-the Cour de Katche riot was hallmark of labor movement and commemorated
-made official by Heads of France > 1898-1901 Alexandre Bourgeois (Social Radical - Association of Workers and Peasants coalition)
Constitution Day
-commemorates the amendment to the French constitution bringing France farther along the road to democracy
-instituted by Heads of France > 1824-1836 Bernard-Francois de Chauvelin (Coppetard) †
-to commemorate the Coppetards' rise to power
Joan of Arc Day
-long revered by French people as symbol of the nation
-but renewed by Country folders/France/Area/Religion > Independent Catholicism in France, which makes her their leading saint
Bastille Day
-chief national day of France
-world-famous military parade on this day
Mother's Day
-idea of motherhood strengthened by France being constantly at war
-idea that Assumption Day represents some sort of general motherhood strengthened by this
-and as part of secularizing reforms Assumption Day turned to Mother's Day
Veterans Day
-instituted with military defeat of French Wars > Fourth French War (1880-4)
-to provide for memoriam of dead not only of this war but of all wars