National Sorry Days

This unofficial holiday started in Australia on May 26th 1998 and has been held every year since. The final report about aboriginal and Torres strait islander children being forcefully separated from their families was released in 1997. These children are known as the stolen generation. One year latter from the release the National Sorry Day was made to help publicly acknowledge the wrong that was done and to start the healing. It wasn't until ten years of this tradition passing that the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd made an official apology from the government.