National Holidays
New Year's Day (January 1)
Good Friday (Friday before Easter)
Easter Monday (March/April)
Whit Monday (7th Monday after Easter)
Labour Day (1st Friday in June)
Independence Day (July 10)
Emancipation Day (August Monday) (1st Monday in August)
Discovery Day (October 12)
Christmas Day (December 25)
Boxing Day (December 26)
National Symbols of the Bahamas
The Bahamian Flag
The colors of the Bahamian flag are black, gold and
aquamarine. The black represents the Bahamian people,
the gold represents the sun and the aquamarine is a
symbol of our crystal clear waters.
The National Flower
The yellow elder (Tecoma stans) is a tubular yellow
flower with ultra-fine red stripes on each petal. It
grows wild in The Bahamas, but is usually improved through
cultivation. The Yellow Elder Tree may reach a height
of nearly twenty feet. The blooming period is from October
to December, diminishing by March.
The National Tree
Lignum Vitae or 'tree of life' (Guaiacum sanctum) is
a very heavy wood characterized by clusters of small
blue flowers at the branch tips.
The National Bird
Flamingo: Its pink, it has long legs and we have a lot
of them. Flamingos seldom allow humans to approach to
close.
National Anthem:
Composed by Timothy Gibson (1903-1978) Lift up your
head to the rising sun, Bahama Land; March on to glory,
your bright banners waving high, See how the world marks
the manner of your bearing Pledge to excel, through
love and unity.
Pressing onward, march together to a common loftier
goal; Steady sunward, though' the weather hide the wide
and treacherous shoal.
Lift up your head to the rising sun, Bahama Land; 'Till
the road you've trod leads unto your God,
MARCH ON, BAHAMA-LAND.