This year May Two-four is actually on 24 May!
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| HM Wearing the Order of Canada, of Which She is Sovereign |
In Canada, it is also the unofficial opening of summer, much like Memorial Day in the US. It is officially observed at each Provincial Legislature and on Parliament Hill by the playing of the Royal Anthem, 'God Save the Queen', and the firing of a 21 gun salute.
Unofficially, it is observed by picnics, cookouts, and drinking beer. In parts of Canada it is known as May Two-Four; a double entendre that refers both to the date around which the holiday falls (May 24) and the Canadian slang for a case of twenty-four beers (a "two-four"), a drink popular during the long weekend.
I'd like to wish Her Majesty a Happy (Official Canadian) Birthday, and all my Canadian friends a Happy May Two Four!
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