(Obsérvese que algunas fiestas, en lugar de celebrarse en su fecha exacta, lo hacen al lunes siguiente o anterior; para no cortar las semanas y evitar las fiestas excesivas por causa de los "puentes")
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| Date | Official Name | Remarks |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | New Year's Day | Celebrates beginning of the Gregorian calendar year. Festivities usually start the previous evening. |
| Third Monday of January | Martin Luther King, Jr. Day | Martin Luther King, Jr., civil rights leader, was actually born on January 15, 1929. Renamed or combined with other holidays in some states.[citation needed] |
| January 20 (every 4th year) (or the 21st if the 20th is a Sunday) | Inauguration Day | Inauguration of President of the United States and other elected federal officials. Observed only by federal employees who work inWashington, D.C., Montgomery or Prince George's counties in Maryland, or Arlington or Fairfax counties or the cities of Alexandria orFalls Church in Virginia. When this observance is the same day as the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday, employees who normally receive a holiday for Inauguration Day are not entitled to an in-lieu-of holiday.[3] |
| Third Monday of February | Washington's Birthday | Honors George Washington. Sometimes labeled as "Presidents Day" by other than the federal government, in recognition of other American presidents, such as Abraham Lincoln (who was born February 12). The legal name of the federal holiday, however, remains "Washington's Birthday". It was historically observed on February 22, prior to passage of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act by Congress. |
| Last Monday of May | Memorial Day | Also known as "Decoration Day", Memorial Day originated in the 19th century as a day to remember the soldiers who gave their lives in the American Civil War by decorating their graves with flowers. As the end of May coincides (in many areas) with the end of the school year, Memorial Day is unofficially considered the beginning of the summer recreational season in America. It was historically observed on May 30, prior to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. |
| July 4 | Independence Day | Celebrates the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. Also popularly known as the "Fourth of July". |
| First Monday of September | Labor Day | Celebrates achievements of workers and the labor movement. As Labor Day coincides (in many areas) with the beginning of the school year, Labor Day is unofficially considered the end of the summer recreational season in America. |
| September 11 | Patriot Day | In the United States, Patriot Day (known in full as Patriot Day and National Day of Service and Remembrance)[1] occurs on September 11 of each year, designated in memory of the 2,977 killed in the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. |
| Second Monday of October | Columbus Day | Marks the arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas, when he landed in the Bahamas on October 12, 1492 (according to theJulian calendar). Celebrated since 1792 in New York City.[citation needed] Congress and President Franklin Delano Roosevelt set aside Columbus Day in 1934 as a federal holiday at the behest of the Knights of Columbus.[citation needed] Historically observed on October 12, prior to the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. |
| November 11 | Veterans Day | Also known as Armistice Day, and (although rarely in the U.S.) occasionally called "Remembrance Day", Veterans Day is the American name for the international holiday which commemorates the signing of the Armistice ending World War I. In the United States, the holiday honors all veterans of the United States Armed Forces, whether or not they have served in a conflict; but it especially honors the surviving veterans of wars.[citation needed] The American holiday was briefly moved to the fourth Monday in October under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, but the change was greatly disliked and soundly criticized – among other reasons, because it put Veterans Day out of sync with international observance; so it was restored to November 11.[citation needed] |
| Fourth Thursday of November | Thanksgiving | Many Americans have a turkey dinner in honor of the dinner shared by Native Americans and the Pilgrims at Plymouth. Historically, Thanksgiving was observed on various days, although by 1863 it was observed on the last Thursday of November. In 1939, PresidentFranklin D. Roosevelt changed it to the third Thursday of November (known as Roosevelt Thanksgiving), at the request of numerous powerful American merchants, but by Act of Congress was changed back again. (Many Americans also receive the Friday following Thanksgiving Day off work, and so many people begin their Christmas shopping on that Friday. However, the Friday following Thanksgiving is not a federal holiday.) |
| December 25 | Christmas | A worldwide holiday that celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ. Popular aspects of the holiday include decorations, emphasis on family togetherness, and gift giving. Designated a federal holiday by Congress and President Ulysses S. Grant in 1870 (16 Stat. 168), however this only applied to federal employees in Washington D.C. The holiday did not apply to all federal employees until 1968 [4](Pub.L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250-251).[5] |
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