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Juneteenth. Independence Day. Labor Day. Columbus Day. Veterans Day. Thanksgiving Day. Christmas Day. Federal holidays in the United States are 11 calendar dates designated by the U.S. federal government as holidays. On these days non-essential U.S. federal government offices are closed and federal employees are paid for the day off.
Other federal holidays are less widely observed by businesses. Most federal holidays are celebrated on a Monday or Friday to create a three-day weekend. Christmas is the only religious holiday that is a federal holiday. Some businesses allow religious employees to take paid time off for religious observances.
In Spain, Easter Monday is an official public holiday in Catalonia, the Land of Valencia, the Balearic Islands, Navarre, the Basque Country, Cantabria, and La Rioja. [ 13] In Catalonia, the Land of Valencia, and Murcia a feature of this day is a pastry called Easter mona. [ 14] It is usually given by godparents to their godchildren, and it is ...
Federal holiday. Monday is a government holiday because Christmas Day was Sunday. That means: The post office is closed and no mail will be delivered.. City and County Hall are closed, and so are ...
From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15.
The Uniform Monday Holiday Act ( Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that moved permanently to a Monday two federal holidays in the United States – Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day – and that made Columbus Day a federal holiday, also permanently on a Monday. This created long weekends with ...
All federal holidays; February 15–21 (3rd Monday) – The federal holiday Washington's Birthday is recognized as "George Washington Day". October 8–14 (2nd Monday) – The federal holiday Columbus Day is recognized as "Columbus Day and Yorktown Victory Day", which honors the final victory at the Siege of Yorktown in the Revolutionary War.
Whit Monday or Pentecost Monday, also known as Monday of the Holy Spirit, is the holiday celebrated the day after Pentecost, a moveable feast in the Christian liturgical calendar. It is moveable because it is determined by the date of Easter. In the Catholic Church, it is the Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, marking ...