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  2. Are banks open on Presidents Day? Details on 2024 closures ...

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    One bank will remain open on Presidents Day, however, and that's TD Bank. To check hours, use the store locator, which you'll conveniently find right here. A list of banks closed on Presidents Day ...

  3. Gregorian calendar - Wikipedia

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    The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. [1] [a] It went into effect in October 1582 following the papal bull Inter gravissimas issued by Pope Gregory XIII, which introduced it as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian calendar.

  4. List of mass shootings in the United States in 2024 - Wikipedia

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    Several different inclusion criteria are used; there is no generally accepted definition. [2] [3] Gun Violence Archive, a nonprofit research group that tracks shootings and their characteristics in the United States, defines a mass shooting as an incident in which four or more people, excluding the perpetrator(s), are shot in one location at roughly the same time. [4]

  5. End of slavery in the United States - Wikipedia

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    On June 19, 1865 — Juneteenth — U.S. Army general Gordon Granger arrived in Galveston, Texas, and announced General Order No. 3, proclaiming freedom for slaves in Texas, [26] which was the last state of the Confederacy with slavery. Juneteenth has been celebrated annually on June 19 ever since in various parts of the United States.

  6. Independence Day (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Independence Day, known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States which commemorates the ratification of the Declaration of Independence by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.

  7. List of largest banks in the United States - Wikipedia

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    United Community Bank: Greenville, South Carolina: $27 $3.48 UCBI 80 Arvest Bank: Bentonville, Arkansas: $26 N/A N/A 81 BCI Financial Group: Miami, Florida: $26 N/A N/A 82 Ameris Bancorp: Atlanta, Georgia: $25 $3.66 ABCB 83 First Hawaiian Bank: Honolulu, Hawaii: $24 $2.92 FHB 84 Bank of Hawaii: Honolulu, Hawaii: $23 $2.88 BOH 85 Cathay Bank ...

  8. Memorial Day - Wikipedia

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    An 1884 GAR handbook explained that Memorial Day was "the day of all days in the G.A.R. Calendar" in terms of mobilizing public support for pensions. It advised family members to "exercise great care" in keeping the veterans sober. [62]: 352

  9. Sunday - Wikipedia

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    A depiction of Máni, the personified Moon, and his sister Sól, the personified Sun, from Norse mythology (1895) by Lorenz Frølich.. The name "Sunday", the day of the Sun, is derived from Hellenistic astrology, where the seven planets, known in English as Saturn, Jupiter, Mars, the Sun, Venus, Mercury and the Moon, each had an hour of the day assigned to them, and the planet which was regent ...