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As 2025 gets started, planning for the year is in full swing. Here is a list of 2025 holidays, special events, big games, cultural milestones and other key dates to mark on your calendar ...
Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
Here are the dates of 2025 federal holidays, according to the Office of Personnel Management: Wednesday, Jan. 1: New Year’s Day Monday, Jan. 20: Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
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 ...
For the first time since Juneteenth was federally recognized, the National Park Service is making entry into all sites free on the holiday. Several parks will be hosting Juneteenth commemorations ...
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 ...
Juneteenth National Independence Day 2021 Commemorates General Order No. 3, the legal decree issued in 1865 by Union General Gordon Granger enforcing the Emancipation Proclamation to the residents of Galveston, Texas , at the end of the American Civil War .
The Milwaukee music festival will host Juneteenth programming for the first time on opening night. The festival in 2025 also will run on July 4. Milwaukee's Summerfest announces 2025 dates, will ...