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Name of holiday Date of holiday Year of event Independence from Event commemorated and notes Afghanistan: Independence Day: 19 August: 1919 United Kingdom: Anglo-Afghan Treaty of 1919 or Treaty of Rawalpindi, an armistice between the United Kingdom and Afghanistan during the Third Anglo-Afghan War. [1] Liberation Day: 15 February: 1989 Soviet Union
Susan B. Anthony Day: The holiday was proposed by Carolyn Maloney in H.R. 655 on February 11, 2011, [37] and was not enacted. It would have fallen on the same day as Washington's Birthday. March 10 (Fixed date) Harriet Tubman Day: The holiday was proposed by Representative Brendan Boyle in H.R. 7013 in March 2022. [38] March 25–31 (last Monday)
An 1825 invitation to an Independence Day celebration A 2014 Independence Day parade in Washington, D.C., the national capital Independence Day is a national holiday marked by patriotic displays. Per 5 U.S.C. § 6103 , Independence Day is a federal holiday, so all non-essential federal institutions (such as the postal service and federal courts ...
Yet the day he was praising was July 2, the day independence was declared by the Second Continental Congress, not July 4. Yes, folks, we Americans are doing it wrong by celebrating Independence ...
4 Holidays and observances. 5 References. ... August 31 is the 243rd day of the year (244th in leap years) ... Independence Day, ...
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 ...
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 ...
The 1979 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. 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 ...