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Independence Day. Labor Day. Columbus Day. Veterans Day. Thanksgiving Day. Christmas Day. Federal holidays in the United States are 11 calendar dates designated by the U.S. federal government as holidays. On these days non-essential U.S. federal government offices are closed and federal employees are paid for the day off.
Juneteenth is a federal holiday in the United States. For decades, activists and congress members (led by many African Americans) proposed legislation, advocated for, and built support for state and national observances. During his campaign for president in June 2020, Joe Biden publicly celebrated the holiday. [125]
From Martin Luther King Jr to Thanksgiving, these are the dates of the 2023 federal holidays. 2023 federal holidays: ... June 16. Independence Day: Tuesday, July 4. Labor Day: Monday, September 4.
Juneteenth, observed on June 19, commemorates the announcement of the abolition of slavery in Texas in June 1865, and more generally the emancipation of enslaved African-Americans. The name is a portmanteau of June and nineteenth and has been a federal holiday since 2021. Some states and cities have additional holidays honoring African-Americans:
Flag Day is a holiday celebrated on June 14 in the United States. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777 by resolution of the Second Continental Congress. [1] The Flag Resolution stated "That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white; that the union be thirteen ...
Holiday name Hijri date 1445 AH 1446 AH Islamic New Year: 1 Muḥarram: 19 July 2023 7 July 2024 Ashura: 10 Muḥarram: 28 July 2023 17 July 2024 Arbaʽeen: 20 or 21 Ṣafar: 6 Sep. 2023 26 Aug. 2024 Eid-e-Shuja' (Eid-e-Zahra) 9 Rabī‘ al-Awwal: 24 Sep. 2023 Mawlid an-Nabī (Birthday of Muhammad) 12 Rabī‘ al-Awwal: 27 Sep. 2023 15 Sep. 2024
June 9, 2023 at 2:21 PM. Weekend Images Inc. / Getty Images. Juneteenth is on Monday, June 19 this year. ... For a list of all stock market holidays in 2023, check the stock market closure ...
June: Odunde Festival: Philadelphia community: 1975: Celebration of the Yoruba people: February: Black History Month: Black Students Union: 1970: February in the United States and Canada, October in the United Kingdom and Ireland June: African-American Music Appreciation Month: 1979: December 26 to January 1: Kwanzaa: 1966