Federal Holidays

  • Thanksgiving Day

    Thanksgiving Day
    Traditionally celebrates the giving of thanks for the autumn harvest. Traditionally includes the sharing of a turkey dinner. The holiday is observed on the fourth Thursday in November. Thanksgiving Day is a national holiday celebrated in Canada. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year
  • independence Day

    independence Day
  • Independence Day

    Independence Day
    Celebrates the signing of the Declaration of Independence from British rule, also called the Fourth of July. Fireworks celebrations are held in many cities throughout the nation. It is the anniversary of the publication of the declaration of independence from Great Britain in 1776. Patriotic displays and family events are organized throughout the United States.
  • United States presidential inauguration

    United States presidential inauguration
    The first ever recorded was with George Washington became the president. Inauguration day occurs in the USA once every four years on January 20. It occurs in the year after presidential elections have been held. Inauguration Day is not a public holiday and many people are expected to work as usual. Many schools, stores, and other organizations are open as normal in many parts of the USA
  • Christmas Day

    Christmas Day
  • Christmas Day

    Christmas Day
    The most widely celebrated holiday of the Christian year, Christmas is observed as a commemoration of the birth of Jesus of Nazareth. Commonly celebrated by Christians and non-Christians alike with various traditions.
  • George Washington

    George Washington
  • Washingtons Birthday

    Washingtons Birthday
    George Washington birthday became a National Holiday because of The Uniform Holiday Act in 1879. Washington's birthday is sometimes known as Presidents Day. The U.S. federal holiday is on the third Monday of February each year, but records show that George Washington's birthday is on Febrary 22
  • Columbus Day

    Columbus Day
    Honors Christopher Columbus, an explorer of the Americas. In some areas, it is also a celebration of Indigenous Peoples, or Italian culture and heritage. (traditionally October 12) Columbus day which is on the second Monday of October, remembers Christopher Columbus.
  • New Year's Day

    New Year's Day
  • New Year's Eve

    The first glass ball ever to drop was in 1907 in Time Square. People dance, eat, and also watch or light fireworks to mark the new year. The calendar that the United States use is called the Gregorian calendar.
  • New Year's Eve

    New Year's Eve
  • Veterans Day

    Honors all veterans of the United States armed forces. It is observed on November 11 to recall the end of World War I on that date in 1918 (major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect).
  • Labor Day

    One 2012 survey of American adults found that 52% celebrate Labor Day as the unofficial end of summer.[7] A separate nationwide survey of human resource professionals, conducted in 2015, found 41% of employers require at least some employees to work on the holiday.[8] The holiday is observed on the first Monday in September. More than 80 countries celebrate international workers day on May 1
  • Memorial Day

    Memorial Day
  • Memorial Day

    Memorial Day
    Honors the nation's war dead from the Civil War onwards; marks the unofficial beginning of the summer season. (traditionally May 30, shifted by the Uniform Holidays Act 1968). The holiday is observed on the last Monday in May. Originally known as Decoration Day, it originated in the year's following the civil war and became an official federal holiday in 1971
  • Martin Luther King Jr.

    Martin Luther King Jr.
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Day

    Martin Luther King Jr. Day
    The whole Nation Celebrates his birthday because he fought for his people and because he was a civil rights leader. We celebrate the life and achievements of Martin Luther King Jr. and influential American civil rights leader. He is most well known for his campaigns to end racial segregation on public transport and for racial equality in the United States
  • Inauguration

    Inauguration