Embassy of the United States

Holidays

United States

According to Title 5, Section 6103(b)(1) of the United States Code, if a federal holiday occurs on a Saturday, the Friday immediately preceding it is not a work day for employees who work Monday through Friday.

• New Year's Day - - January 1st
• Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday - - third Monday in January
• Presidents' Day - - third Monday in February
• Memorial Day - - fourth Monday in May
• U.S. Independence Day - - July 4th
• Labor Day - - first Monday in September
• Columbus Day - - second Monday in October
• Veterans' Day - - November 11th
• Thanksgiving Day - - fourth Thursday in November
• Christmas - - December 25th

Additionally the following are not federal holidays but they are celebrated by certain groups or places, or are part of folklore:

• Black History Month - February
• Groundhog Day - February 2nd
• Mardi Gras
• Saint Valentine's Day - February 14th
• Women's History Month - March
• Saint Patrick's Day - March 17th
• April Fools Day - April 1st
• Easter Sunday
• Patriot Day - September 11
• Halloween - October 31st
• National American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month - November
• Hanukkah
• Kwanzaa