National symbols of Barbados carries two "Pride of Barbados" flowers ("Caesalpinia pulcherrima") and the "bearded" fig tree, which was common on the island at the time of its settlement by the British and may have contributed to Barbados being so named. The national flower is the Pride of Barbados or "Caesalpinia pulcherrima" (L.) Sw., which grows across the island. In April 1998, the Order of National Heroes Act was passed by the Parliament of Barbados. According to the government, the act established that 28 April (the centenary of the birth of Sir Grantley Adams) would be celebrated as National Heroes' Day. The act also
National Day of Reason National Day of Reason as well. National Day of Reason The National Day of Reason is a secular celebration for humanists, atheists, and other secularists and freethinkers in response to the National Day of Prayer, a legal holiday in the United States. The day is celebrated on the first Thursday in May of every year, to coincide with the National Day of Prayer, which many atheist and secular groups view to be unconstitutional. The purpose of the National Day of Reason is to "celebrate reason—a concept all Americans can support—and to raise public awareness about the persistent threat to religious