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'''President's Day''' is a public holiday that takes place on 31 March each year in [[Mercury]]. It is a [[Public holidays in Mercury|national holiday]]. President's Day celebrations take place across mainland Mercury, although it is not widely observed in the [[Nova English Korea]] or Mercury's overseas territories.

==History==
President's Day was declared a national holiday when the nation was first founded in 2008, to commemorate the birthday of the nation's founder [[Joefoxon|Joe Foxon]]. 

==Activities==
Most communities across Mercury will hold organised celebrations for President's Day, including street parties, [[wikipedia:Barbecue|barbecues]] and games. Traditionally, people will sleep-in until 10am, before 

==National football team match==
The [[Mercury national football team]] traditional arranges a home match to take place on President's Day. This tradition has taken place every year since 2011, with the exception of 2016, when the team competed in the inaugural [[FMF Confederations' Cup]]. The team has never lost in the fixture, with the sole draw coming in the first staging, a 1&ndash;1 draw with Nova England. Only one edition has been played away from home, in 2017, when Mercury played away to [[Nova English Korea national football team|Nova English Korea]].

===Matches===
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center; width:100%"
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width=5%|Year
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width=24%|Match type
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width=38%|Venue
!scope="col" rowspan="2" width=17%|Opposition
!width=8%|For
!width=8%|Against
|-class="unsortable"
!scope="col" colspan="2"|Goals<sup>Penalties</sup>
|-
|2011
|align=left |[[2011 FMF World Cup qualification#Group_B_2|World Cup qualification]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Mercury|name=Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena}}, [[Mercury (city)|Mercury]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Nova England|football}}
|1
|1
|-
|2012
|align=left |[[2012 FMF World Cup qualification#Group_E|World Cup qualification]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Mercury|name=Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena}}, [[Mercury (city)|Mercury]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Flandria Secunda|football}}
|1
|0
|-
|2013
|align=left |[[2013 FMF World Cup qualification#Group E|World Cup qualification]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Mercury|name=Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena}}, [[Mercury (city)|Mercury]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Austbard|football}}
|2
|1
|-
|2014
|align=left |[[2014 FMF World Cup qualification#Group D2|World Cup qualification]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Mercury|name=Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena}}, [[Mercury (city)|Mercury]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Lostisland|football}}
|4
|1
|-
|2015
|align=left |Friendly
|align=left |{{Team flag|Mercury|name=Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena}}, [[Mercury (city)|Mercury]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Nova England|football}}
|2
|0
|-
|2017
|align=left |[[2017 FMF World Cup qualification#Group A3|World Cup qualification]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Nova English Korea|name=Port Barret Stadium}}, [[Port Barret]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Nova English Korea|football}}
|3
|1
|-
|2018
|align=left |[[2018 FMF Confederations Cup#Hosts' group|Confederations Cup group stage]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Mercury|name=Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena}}, [[Mercury (city)|Mercury]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|North Antarctica|football}}
|2
|1
|-
|2019
|align=left |[[2019 FMF World Cup qualification#Group_C3|World Cup qualification]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Mercury|name=Freddie Mercury Memorial Arena}}, [[Mercury (city)|Mercury]]
|align=left |{{Team flag|Talenore|football}}
|
|
|}

==See also==
*[[Public holidays in Mercury]]


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[[Category:Festivities]]
[[Category:National holidays]]