selected federal observances by presidential proclamation. Those observances are referenced at the List of observances in the United States by presidential...

The United States has many observances. January 13 - Stephen Foster Memorial Day February 1 - National Freedom Day April 13 - Thomas Jefferson's birthday...

religious holiday that is a federal holiday. Some businesses allow religious employees to take paid time off for religious observances. Other holidays, such...

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...

law provides for the declaration of selected public observances by the President of the United States as designated by Congress or by the discretion of...

The United States Code (formally the Code of Laws of the United States of America) is the official codification of the general and permanent federal statutes...

King Jr., 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...

federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. It is sometimes called American Thanksgiving (outside the United States)...

of the federal holidays in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces...

United States federal administrative law encompasses statutes, rules, judicial precedents, and executive orders, that together form administrative laws...

cover, "Patriotic and National Observances, Ceremonies, and Organizations." Chapter 1: Patriotic and National Observances § 101. American Heart Month §...

Bicentennial observances were held throughout the country. 2026 will mark the United States' semiquincentennial, or 250th anniversary. The United States Semiquincentennial...

Week. United States portal Politics portal Executive order List of national monuments of the United States List of observances in the United States by presidential...

World Freedom Day is a United States federal observance declared by then-President George W. Bush to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end...

Day (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 105–225 (text) (PDF), 112 Stat. 1255) is a United States Federal Observance Day observed on the first Monday...

Indigenous Peoples' Day is a holiday in the United States that celebrates and honors Indigenous American peoples and commemorates their histories and...

Most of the United States observes daylight saving time (DST), the practice of setting the clock forward by one hour when there is longer daylight during...

called a federal state) is an entity characterized by a union of partially self-governing provinces, states, or other regions under a federal government...

Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February....

Medal of Honor Day is a United States federal observance that is celebrated every year on March 25. It was created to honor the "heroism and sacrifice...

official federal holiday. Federal law leaves it to the discretion of president to officially proclaim the observance. Title 36 of the United States Code,...

The Constitution of the United States is the supreme law of the United States. It superseded the Articles of Confederation, the nation's first constitution...

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...

Day, is a federal holiday in the United States. It is celebrated annually on June 19 to commemorate the ending of slavery in the United States. The holiday's...

two federal agencies: the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) (an agency of the Department of Commerce); and the United States Naval...

is part of Chapter 1 of Title 4 of the United States Code (4 U.S.C. § 5 et seq). Although this is a U.S. federal law, the code is not mandatory: it uses...

Election Day in the United States is the annual day for general elections of federal public officials. It is statutorily set by the U.S. government as...

holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher...

of the observances are a very hot item to some members and much maneuvering is done to limit the impact and resources that go to the observance. The UN...

The Federal Correctional Institution, Terre Haute (FCI Terre Haute) is a medium-security United States federal prison for male inmates in Indiana. It is...