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Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, [1] and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.
Día del Niño Honors all the children. It is not a state holiday. May 10 Mother's Day: Día de las Madres Honors all the mothers throughout the country. It is not a state holiday. May 15 Teacher's Day: Día del Maestro Honors all the teachers throughout the country. It is often celebrated on the Monday before May 15. It is not a state holiday ...
The first Earth Day event took place on April 22, 1970, initiated by Senator and environmental activist Gaylord Nelson to advocate for the creation of an environmental agency. This event saw participation from two thousand universities, ten thousand primary and secondary schools, and hundreds of communities.
Día Internacional del Trabajo: July 25 Annexation of the Party of Nicoya to Costa Rica: Anexión del Partido de Nicoya a Costa Rica: Celebrates the annexation of the Party of Nicoya in 1824. August 2 Feast of Our Lady of the Angels Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles: Employers must provide an unpaid day off. [1] August 15 Mother's Day ...
1668 – Notable Privateer Henry Morgan lands in Cuba to raid and plunder the inland town of Puerto del Príncipe during the latter stages of the Anglo-Spanish War (1654–1660). [9] 1739 – Nader Shah occupies Delhi in India and sacks the city, stealing the jewels of the Peacock Throne.
[22] January 15–21 (3rd Monday) Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. November 2, 1983 [23] Honors Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., a civil rights leader who was born on January 15, 1929. Some municipalities hold parades, and since the 1994 King Holiday and Service Act, it has become a day of citizen action volunteer service, sometimes referred to ...
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further ...
Dia del niño: Children's Day: July 24 Dia de la Armada Nacional: Navy Day and the anniversary of the Battle of Lake Maracaibo: July 25 Aniversario del fundacion del Caracas: Caracas City Foundation Day August 3 Día de la Bandera: Flag Day: August 4 Día de la Guardia Nacional: National Guard Day September 8 Día del Virgen del Valle