HOLIDAYS AND OBSERVANCES
2021 HOLIDAYS FEDERAL HOLIDAYS ARE LISTED IN BOLD.
JAN. 1: New Year's Day
JAN. 18: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Birthday, observed
JAN. 20: Inauguration Day
FEB. 2: Groundhog Day
FEB. 12: Abraham Lincoln's Birthday
FEB. 14: Valentine's Day
FEB. 15: Presidents' Day Susan B. Anthony's Birthday (Fla.)
FEB. 16: Mardi Gras (Baldwin & Mobile counties, Ala.; La.)
FEB. 22: George Washington's Birthday
MAR. 2: Texas Independence Day Town Meeting Day (Vt.)
MAR. 8: International Women's Day
MAR. 14: Daylight Saving Time begins at 2:00 a.m.
MAR. 17: St. Patrick's Day Evacuation Day (Suffolk Co., Mass.)
MAR. 29: Seward's Day (Alaska)
MAR. 31: César Chávez Day
APR. 2: Pascua Florida Day
APR. 19: Patriots Day (Maine, Mass.)
APR. 21: San Jacinto Day (Tex.)
APR. 22: Earth Day
APR. 30: National Arbor Day
MAY 5: Cinco de Mayo
MAY 8: Truman Day (Mo.)
MAY 9: Mother's Day
MAY 15: Armed Forces Day
MAY 22: National Maritime Day
MAY 24: Victoria Day (Canada)
MAY 31: Memorial Day, observed
JUNE 5: World Environment Day
JUNE 11: King Kamehameha I Day (Hawaii)
JUNE 14: Flag Day
JUNE 17: Bunker Hill Day (Suffolk Co., Mass.)
JUNE 19: Emancipation Day (Tex.)
JUNE 20: Father's Day West Virginia Day
JULY 1: Canada Day
JULY 4: Independence Day
JULY 24: National Day of the Cowboy Pioneer Day (Utah)
AUG. 1: Colorado Day
AUG. 2: Civic Holiday (parts of Canada)
AUG. 16: Bennington Battle Day (Vt.)
AUG. 19: National Aviation Day
AUG. 26: Women's Equality Day
SEPT. 6: Labor Day
SEPT. 9: Admission Day (Calif.)
SEPT. 11: Patriot Day
SEPT. 12: Grandparents Day
SEPT. 17: Constitution Day
SEPT. 21: International Day of Peace
OCT. 4: Child Health Day
OCT. 9: Leif Eriksson Day
OCT. 11: Columbus Day, observed Indigenous Peoples' Day (parts of U.S.) Thanksgiving Day (Canada)
OCT. 18: Alaska Day
OCT. 24: United Nations Day
OCT. 29: Nevada Day
OCT. 31: Halloween
NOV. 2: Election Day
NOV. 4: Will Rogers Day (Okla.)
NOV. 7: Daylight Saving Time ends at 2:00 a.m.
NOV. 10: U.S. Marine Corps Birthday
NOV. 11: Veterans Day Remembrance Day (Canada)
NOV. 19: Discovery of Puerto Rico Day
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