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St George's Day
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St. George's Day
English
Proper noun
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23 April 2010 w:Mike Selvey County cricket - as it happened! https://web.archive.org/web/20261012041955/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2010/apr/23/county-cricket-latest-scores Morning one and all, writes Mike Selvey at Trent Bridge. And the happiest of St George's Days, something I have long since celebrated but which suddenly appears to have hit the nation's conscience.
23 April 2015 Jamie Campbell St George's Day: When is it, who is England's patron saint – and why isn't it a bank holiday?? https://web.archive.org/web/20220510182431/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/st-george-s-day-when-is-it-who-is-england-s-patron-saint-and-why-isn-t-it-a-bank-holiday-10187608.html As St George’s Day approaches, we ask: who actually was the man, why is he our patron saint and why on earth don’t we get a day off?
23 April 2026 Lorna Perry St George’s Day should be a national holiday https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/23/st-georges-day-should-be-a-national-holiday/ If we want to make young people feel proud to be English, we need to make St George’s Day a bank holiday.