Statia Day is a national holiday celebrated in the

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island of

Sint Eustatius Sint Eustatius (, ), also known locally as Statia (), is an island in the Caribbean. It is a special municipality (officially " public body") of the Netherlands. The island lies in the northern Leeward Islands portion of the West Indies, so ...

, a

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of the

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. It celebrates the "First Salute", when Sint Eustatius (known locally as Statia) became the first country to recognize the United States.

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