Date Official Name Remarks
January 1 New Year's Day Celebrates beginning of the Gregorian calendar year. Festivities include counting down to midnight (12:00 AM).
Third Monday in January Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., or Martin Luther King Day Honors Martin Luther King, Jr., Civil Rights leader; combined with other holidays in several states (traditionally January 15). This year's observance: 2007 - January 15
January 20, every fourth year, following Presidential election Inauguration Day Observed only by federal government employees in Washington D.C., and the border counties of Maryland and Virginia, in order to relieve congestion that occurs with this major event. Swearing-in of President of the United States and other elected federal officials. Celebrated every fourth year. Note: Takes place on January 21 if the 20th is a Sunday (although the President is still privately inaugurated on the 20th). If Inauguration Day falls on a Saturday or a Sunday, the preceding Friday or following Monday is not a Federal Holiday
Third Monday in February Washington's Birthday Washington's Birthday was first declared a federal holiday by an 1879 act of Congress. The Monday Holiday Law, enacted in 1968, shifted the date of the commemoration of Washington's Birthday from February 22 to the third Monday in February. Many people now refer to this holiday as "Presidents' Day" and consider it a day honoring all American Presidents. However, neither the Monday Holiday Law nor any subsequent law changed the name of the holiday from Washington's Birthday to Presidents' Day.[2] This year's observance: 2007 - February 19
Last Monday in May Memorial Day Honors the nation's war dead; marks the unofficial beginning of summer. (traditionally May 30)
July 4 Independence Day Celebrates Declaration of Independence, usually called the Fourth of July.
First Monday in September Labor Day Celebrate the achievements of workers and the labor movement, marks the unofficial end of summer.
Second Monday in October Columbus Day Honors Christopher Columbus, traditional discoverer of the Americas. In some areas it is also a celebration of Italian culture and heritage. (traditionally October 12); celebrated as American Indian Heritage Day and Fraternal Day in Alabama;[1] celebrated as Native American Day in South Dakota.[2]
November 11 Veterans Day Honors all veterans of the United States armed forces. A traditional observation is a moment of silence at 11 AM remembering those who fought for peace. (Commemorates the cease-fire in the 1918 armistice which was scheduled for "the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.")
Fourth Thursday in November Thanksgiving Day Traditionally celebrates the giving of thanks to God for the autumn harvest. Traditionally includes the consumption of a turkey dinner (Note: Thanksgiving is not celebrated on the same day as it is in Canada).
December 25 Christmas Day Celebrates the Nativity of Jesus which (traditionally) took place 25 December 1 BC. Some people consider aspects of this religious holiday, such as giving gifts and decorating a Christmas tree, to be secular rather than explicitly Christian.
State holidays
Alaska: Alaska Day, anniversary of transfer to U.S. control, October 18
Alaska: Seward's Day, anniversary of purchase from Russia, March 27
Arkansas: Daisy Gatson Bates Day, February 16, observed with Washington's Birthday
California: César Chávez's birthday, March 31; also may be optionally observed in Colorado and Texas
Colorado: Colorado Day August 1, 1876 Colorado became a state. This date is recognized/celebrated each year by state "Native" residents.
Connecticut: Lincoln's Birthday, February 12
Connecticut: Good Friday, date varies
District of Columbia: Emancipation Day, April 16
Florida: Pascua Florida Day, April 2
Hawaii: Good Friday, date varies
Hawaii: Kamehameha Day, June 11
Hawaii: Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day, March 26
Hawaii: Admission Day or Statehood Day, third Friday in August, August 18 in 2006
Idaho: Idaho Human Rights Day, January 19
Illinois: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday, February 12 (most state offices close, many schools choose to close on President's Day)
Louisiana: Mardi Gras, date varies
Louisiana: Good Friday, date varies, celebrated elsewhere
Massachusetts: Patriot's Day, April 19, anniversary of Battles of Lexington and Concord
Maine: Patriot's Day, April 19, anniversary of Battles of Lexington and Concord
Maryland: Maryland Day, March 25, commemoration of first European settlement of Maryland
Mississippi: Mardi Gras Day, date varies
Missouri: Truman Day, May 9
Nebraska: Arbor Day, last Friday of April, celebrated elsewhere
Nevada: Nevada Day, October 31, commemorates date of admission to the Union, observed on last Friday of October.
New Hampshire: Civil Rights Day, January 19
Rhode Island: V.J. Day or Victory Day, second Monday in August
Tennessee: Good Friday, date varies
Tennessee: Abraham Lincoln Day, February 12
Tennessee: Andrew Jackson Day, March 15
Tennessee: Statehoood Day, June 1, commemorates date of admission to the Union
Texas: Confederate Veterans Day, January 19
Texas: Juneteenth, June 19
Utah: Pioneer Day, July 24
Virginia: Lee-Jackson Day, Friday before the third Monday in January
West Virginia: West Virginia Day, June 20
[edit] Insular area holidays
Main article: Holidays in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico: Commonwealth of Puerto Rico day, July 25 (In Spanish: 25 de Julio, Conmemoración del ELA, or Conmemoración del Estado Libre Asociado)
[edit] Southern holidays
May or may not be legal holidays, depending on state law.
Confederate Memorial Day, usually last Monday of April
Alabama, fourth Monday in April, legal holiday[3]
Florida, April 26, legal holiday[3]
Georgia, legal holiday
Mississippi, legal holiday
South Carolina, May 10, legal holiday (SC Code § 53-5-10)[4]
Tennessee, June 3
Jefferson Davis' Birthday
Alabama, first Monday in June, legal holiday[4]
Florida, June 3 legal holiday
Robert E. Lee's Birthday (often observed with MLK Day on January 19)
See also: Lee-Jackson-King day
Alabama, observed with MLK Day, legal holiday
Arkansas, January 19, observed with MLK Day
Florida, January 19, legal holiday
Georgia, January 19, may be celebrated other days (Friday after Thanksgiving, for example)
Mississippi, January 19, legal holiday
Tennessee, January 19
Nathan Bedford Forrest Day
Tennessee, July 13
Mardi Gras, held the day before Ash Wednesday.
Florida, legal holiday in counties where carnival associations are organized for the purpose of celebrating the same.
Louisiana, legal holiday
Mississippi, legal holiday
Alabama, legal holiday only in Baldwin and Mobile Counties
Other holidays locally observed
Bunker Hill Day, June 17 (Suffolk County, Massachusetts)
Casimir Pulaski Day (primarily Chicago, Illinois, first Monday in March)
Day of the Dead (November 1, sometimes celebrated in areas with large Mexican-American populations; see Cinco de Mayo)
Devil's Night (primarily Michigan, October 30)
Evacuation Day, March 17 (Suffolk County and Cambridge, Massachusetts; same date as St. Patrick's Day)
Father Damien Day (Hawaii), April 15
Indigenous Peoples Day, Berkeley, California, celebrated in lieu of Columbus Day
Loyalty Day (domestic counterweight to May Day)
Meck-Dec Day, (Charlotte and Mecklenburg County, North Carolina), (May 20), celebrates the signing of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence.
Midsummer (celebrated in Minnesota and other Scandinavian-American areas)
Return Day, (November 4, after noon in Sussex County,
Delaware; population meets to hear election returns, party)
Sweetest Day (celebrated on third Saturday in October in Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and Wisconsin, involves giving small presents to family, friends and lovers)
Von Steuben Day, (mid-September, celebrated primarily by German Americans)
Woolseymas, (December 6) A commemoration of the 1933 decision by US District Court Judge John M Woolsey that the James Joyce novel "Ulysses" was not pornographic and therefore could not be obscene.
Non-holiday notable days
Super Tuesday (political event, variable)
Super Bowl Sunday (sports event; originally the last Sunday in January, it has now moved to the first Sunday in February)
Tax Freedom Day (day in which an average citizen is said to have worked enough to pay his or her taxes for the year, used by opponents of taxation)
Tax Day (federal and state tax deadline, April 15 or if on weekend or holiday, next closest Monday)
Oktoberfest (celebrated most often in areas with contemporary or historic populations of German heritage)
Black Friday (shopping) (the day after Thanksgiving: considered to be the first shopping day of the Christmas season)
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