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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. Holidays in the United States of America For other uses, see Public holidays in the United States (disambiguation). Public holidays in the United States Public • Paid • Federal • Observance • School • Hallmark Observed by Federal government State governments Local governments ...
Congress proceeded to pass what is referred to as the Uniform Monday Holiday Act in 1968, ensuring federal employees would receive three-day weekends to observe key holidays.
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
In the United States, Christmas Day as a federal or public holiday is sometimes objected to by various non-Christians, [15] [16] [17] usually due to its ties with Christianity. In December 1999, the Western Division of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, in the case Ganulin v.
K-12 public schools generally observe local, state, and federal holidays, plus additional days off around Thanksgiving, the period from before Christmas until after New Year's Day, a spring break (usually a week in April) and sometimes a winter break (a week in February or March).
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An Act to amend title 5, United States Code, to designate Juneteenth National Independence Day as a legal public holiday. Enacted by: the 117th United States Congress: Effective: June 17, 2021: Citations; Public law: Pub. L. 117–17 (text) Statutes at Large: 135 Stat. 287: Codification; Titles amended: Title 5—Government Organization and ...
A datebook opened to the week of January 20, 2025. ... This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: 2025 holiday schedule: Full list of dates for federal holidays, more. Show comments.