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[2] May 25–31 (last Monday) Memorial Day: 1968 [24] Honors U.S. military personnel who have fought and died while serving in the United States Armed Forces. Many municipalities hold parades with marching bands and an overall military theme, and the day marks the unofficial beginning of the summer season. The holiday is observed on the last ...
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
Landing on Monday, Feb. 19 this year, Presidents Day 2024 is set aside to commemorate Washington's birthday, which is Feb. 22, as well as Abraham Lincoln's birthday, which is Feb. 12.
May 2 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) The last day of the Festival of Ridván (Baháʼí Faith) (this date is non-Gregorian and may change according to the March equinox, see List of observances set by the Baháʼí calendar) Anniversary of the Dos de Mayo Uprising (Community of Madrid, Spain) Birth Anniversary of Third Druk Gyalpo ; Flag Day (Poland)
In 2011, a bank holiday was declared on Friday 29 April for the wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton; [3] consequently there were four bank holidays within three consecutive calendar weeks (including two in one week), creating two consecutive four-day weekends (Friday 22 – Monday 25 April and Friday 29 April – Monday 2 May ...
May 2. International Harry Potter Day. National Brothers and Sisters Day. National Play Your Ukulele Day. National Day of Prayer (1st Thursday) World Password Day (1st Thursday): Change those old ...
Each year on the third Monday in January, the U.S. commemorates the life and work of Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday.Coinciding annually with the civil rights leader's birthday, MLK ...
A bank holiday is a national public holiday in the United Kingdom and the Crown Dependencies, and a colloquial term for a public holiday in Ireland. In the United Kingdom, the term refers to all public holidays, be they set out in statute, declared by royal proclamation , or held by convention under common law .