Peace Memorial Day

Peace Memorial Day
Also called228 Peace Day, February 28 Peace Memorial Day
Observed byTaiwan
TypeNational
ObservancesTaiwanese history, transitional justice, and progress
Date28 February
FrequencyAnnual
First time1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Related toFebruary 28 incident

Peace Memorial Day (Chinese: 和平紀念日), also known as 228 Memorial Day, is a public holiday in Taiwan for honoring and mourning the victims and families of the February 28 incident in 1947. Proposals to establish Peace Memorial Day as a holiday began in the early 1990s. It was passed as a national memorial day in 1995 and as an official public holiday in 1997.