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...

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...

Thanksgiving is a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November. Outside the country, it is sometimes called American...

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

Election Day in the United States is the annual day for general elections of federal, state, and/or local public officials. It is statutorily set by the...

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 §...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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

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...

Health Day (Pub. L. 105–225 (text) (PDF), 112 Stat. 1255) is a United States Federal Observance Day observed on the first Monday in October. According to 36...

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...

Support Group. List of month-long observances List of environmental dates List of food days List of generic types of observances "2020 Public Holidays Review...

international observance or international holiday and recommended that it should be observed as a public holiday by United Nations member states. The first...

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...

observances include holiday card and gift giving, churchgoing often accompanied by the distribution of carnations, and family dinners. In the United States...

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....