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Add these January holidays and observances to your calendar. Find official awareness days and various weekly and monthly observances in 2024.
The following is a list of notable month-long observances, recurrent months that are used by various governments, groups and organizations to raise awareness of an issue, commemorate a group or event, or celebrate something.
Holidays proclaimed in this way may be considered a U.S. "national observance", but it would be improper to refer to them as "federal holidays". Many of these observances designated by Congress are authorized under permanent law under Title 36, U.S. Code , in which cases the President is under obligation to issue an annual proclamation.
These observances differ from federal holidays in that federal employees only receive a day free from work on holidays, not observances. Federal observances that are designated by Congress appear in Title 36 of the United States Code (36 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.). Below is a list of all observances so designated.
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
March 1. World Candle Day. World Compliment Day. World Music Therapy Day. World Seagrass Day. National Peanut Butter Lover's Day. Saint David's Day. Self-Injury Awareness Day
Mar. 31: Crayola Crayon Day, Easter, Eiffel Tower Day, National Farm Workers Day, National Prom Day, National Tater Day March Weekly Holidays and Observances Sea Week (Mar. 2 — 10)
3rd in March - National Poison Prevention Week [31] week of May 15 - Police Week [32] week ending Fri. before Memorial Day - National Safe Boating Week [33] week of 3rd Fri. in May - National Transportation Week [34] week of June 14 - National Flag Week [35] June 14 (Flag Day) to July 4 (Independence Day) - Honor America Days [22]