April 20 Observances
April 20 has evolved into a counterculture holiday in North America, where people gather to celebrate and consume cannabis. Some events have a political nature to them, advocating for the Observances have been held in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park near the Haight-Ashbury district, the University of Colorado's Boulder campus, Ottawa, Ontario, at Parliament Hill and Major's Hill Montréal, Québec at Mount Royal monument Vancouver, British Columbia at the Vancouver Art Gallery. Events have also occurred in Auckland, New Zealand at the Daktory. and Dunedin, New Zealand, at University of Otago.
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