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From Veterans Day to Christmas, here are the dates of the 2024 federal holidays. New Year’s Day: Monday, January 1. Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.: Monday, January 15. Presidents’ Day ...
Independence Day. Labor Day. Columbus Day. Veterans Day. Thanksgiving Day. Christmas Day. National holidays in the United States are 11 calendar dates designated by the U.S. federal government as official holidays. On these days non-essential national offices are closed although the employees receive pay. [1]
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. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American ...
Here’s when Presidents’ Day 2024 is, who gets to skip work that day and the original name of the federal holiday.
Several federal holidays are widely observed by private businesses with paid time off. These include New Year's Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas. Businesses often close or grant paid time off for New Year's Eve, Christmas Eve, and the Day after Thanksgiving, but none of these are federal holidays ...
Other 2024 federal holidays. New Year's Day (Jan. 1) Martin Luther King Jr. Day (Jan. 15) Presidents Day (Feb. 19) Memorial Day (May 27) Juneteenth (June 19) Independence Day (July 4)
Martin Luther King Jr. Day (officially Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr., [1] and often referred to shorthand as MLK Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed on the third Monday of January each year. King was chief spokesperson for nonviolent activism in the Civil Rights Movement, which protested racial discrimination in federal ...
Easter is always celebrated on a Sunday. This year, Easter will take place on Sunday, March 31, 2024. Easter Monday is not a federal holiday in the U.S. Good Friday, which takes place the Friday ...