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March 19: National Day of Honor [5] March 25: Greek Independence Day [6] March 29: National Vietnam War Veterans Day [7] [8] March 31: Cesar Chavez Day [9] March 31: Transgender Day of Visibility [10] April 6: National Tartan Day; 2nd Thursday in April: National D.A.R.E. Day; April 9: National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day
United States federal observances are days, weeks, months, or other periods designated by the United States Congress for the commemoration or other observance of various events, activities, or topics. These observances differ from federal holidays in that federal employees only receive a day free from work on holidays, not observances.
Filipino American History Month (United States) Italian-American Heritage and Culture Month (United States) LGBT History Month (US and Canada) [45] National Arts & Humanities Month (United States) National Cyber Security Awareness Month (United States) [46] [47] National Disability Employment Awareness Month (United States) [8] [9] [48]
National Day of Mourning (United States protest), an American Indian protest held on the fourth Thursday of November; National Day of Mourning (Canadian observance), held 28 April, a commemoration of workers killed or injured on the job; Nakba Day, annual commemoration of the 1948 Palestinian expulsion and flight on 15 May by Palestinians ...
Juneteenth National Independence Day: Wednesday, June 19. Independence Day: Thursday, July 4. Labor Day: Monday, September 2. Indigenous Peoples’ Day (also observed as Columbus Day): Monday ...
In the United States, there are two major holidays celebrated in January: New Year’s Day (January 1, 2024) and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (January 15, 2024). Both of these are federal holidays ...
In addition to Christmas, December holidays and observances include Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year's Eve, and dozens of other celebrations and national days.
On these days non-essential U.S. federal government offices are closed and federal employees are paid for the day off. [1] Federal holidays are designated by the United States Congress in Title V of the United States Code (5 U.S.C. § 6103). [2]