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The following holidays are observed by the majority of US businesses with paid time off: New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, [2] Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after known as Black Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas. There are also numerous holidays on the state and local level that are observed to varying degrees.
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.
The following federal holidays are observed by the majority of private businesses with paid time off: New Year's Day (January 1) [11] Memorial Day (May 25–31, floating Monday) Independence Day (July 4) Labor Day (September 1–7, floating Monday) Thanksgiving (November 22–28, floating Thursday) Christmas (December 25)
The holiday celebrates the Second Continental Congress' unanimous adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, a document announcing the colonies' separation from Great Britain. ...
Bold text indicates a public holiday, on which most government agencies and major businesses are closed. January 16: Religious Freedom Day; 3rd Monday in January: Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday [4] 3rd Sunday in January: National Sanctity of Human Life Day; various March/April: Education and Sharing Day (based on Hebrew calendar)
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
Observed on the last Monday preceding May 25th. [6] June 19: Juneteenth: Emancipation Day: United States: Commemorates the end of slavery in Texas as a result of the Emancipation Proclamation. [7] July 4: Fourth of July: Independence Day: United States: Commemorates the United States' adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776 ...
In a letter to his wife, he wrote that he refused to celebrate the holiday on July 4 because he felt July 2 was the real Independence Day. On 2 July, 1776, the Continental Congress voted in favour ...