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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.
From Martin Luther King Jr to Thanksgiving, these are the dates of the 2023 federal holidays. 2023 federal holidays: New Year’s Day: Sunday, January 1 (Observed Monday, January 2)
Most federal holidays are regularly celebrated on a Monday or Friday to create a three-day weekend. Christmas is the only religious holiday that is a federal holiday. Some businesses allow employees of non-Christian religions to take paid time off for their religious observances.
US federal holidays 2023: Full list and calendar dates. Chelsea Ritschel. (Getty Images/iStockphoto) On 20 February 2023, Americans will celebrate Presidents’ Day, an annual holiday that began ...
Bold text indicates a public holiday, on which most government agencies and major businesses are closed. January 16: Religious Freedom Day. 3rd Monday in January: Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday [4] 3rd Sunday in January: National Sanctity of Human Life Day.
Juneteenth became one of five date-specific federal holidays along with New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans Day (November 11), and Christmas Day (December 25). Juneteenth is the first new federal holiday since Martin Luther King Jr. Day was declared a holiday in 1986.
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.
Confederate Memorial Day. Confederate Memorial Day (called Confederate Heroes Day in Texas and Florida, and Confederate Decoration Day in Tennessee) is a holiday observed in several Southern U.S. states on various dates since the end of the American Civil War.
Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February.