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For more than one-and-a-half centuries, the Juneteenth holiday has been sacred to many Black communities. It marks the day in 1865 enslaved people in Galveston, Texas found out they had been freed ...
Texas Independence day is a celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence. 59 Delegates signed the document in Washington on the Brazos, which is now referred to as the “birthplace of Texas,” [2] and it made Mexican Texas into the Republic of Texas free from Mexican political influence.
Lyndon Baines Johnson Day is a legal state holiday in Texas.It falls every year on August 27, to mark the birthday of U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson.. After Johnson died in 1973, the Texas State Legislature created a legal state holiday to be observed every year on August 27 to honor the 36th president of the United States, one of their state's native sons.
As of 2023, 24 of these states and the District of Columbia have also made it a paid holiday for state or district workers. Federal government employees in all states are covered by the federal holiday. Texas was the first state to recognize the date by enacted law, in 1980.
Many Americans think the holidays mean time off, but that’s not true for all workers. Nearly 1 in 4 Americans will be working on Christmas Eve, a new study from Calendar Labs — a calendar ...
Nov. 17—AUSTIN — Texas State Parks is kicking off the holiday season with close to 100 special seasonal activities happening across the state. Starting this month, visitors of all ages can ...
In 1987, Martin Luther King Jr. Day was added as a federal holiday for the third Monday in January, and in that year the Texas Legislature made it an optional state holiday, and in 1991 they made MLK Day an official state holiday. In some years (1987, 1998, 2004, 2009, 2015, 2026) MLK Jr. Day and Confederate Heroes Day fall on the same day.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 18 February 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 ...