Posted on 05/28/2002 9:29:50 AM PDT by LurkedLongEnough
Here's Connecticut for example:
Fixed Public Holidays in Connecticut
1 January New Year's Day
3rd Monday in January Martin Luther King Jr Day
12 February Lincoln's Birthday
3rd Monday in February Presidents' Day/Washington's Birthday
Last Monday in May Memorial Day
4 July Independence Day
1st Monday in September Labor Day
2nd Monday in October Columbus Day
11 November Veterans Day
4th Thursday in November Thanksgiving
25 December Christmas Day
Holidays occuring on a Sunday are observed on the Monday following, those on a Saturday on the Friday preceding.
Non-holiday Observances
Apart from the usual U.S. non-holiday observances, the State of Connecticut also ordains observances on the following days:
2nd Wednesday in February Youth to Work Day
3rd Wednesday in February Retired Teachers Day
23 February Iwo Jima Day
28 February Gulf War Veterans Day
17 March St Patrick's Day
25 March Greek-American Day
14 April Pan American Day
28 April Workers' Memorial Day
Lst Friday in April Arbor Day
4th Sunday in April Friends Day
Last Saturday in April Green Up Day 1 May Loyalty Day
3 May Polish-American Day
1st Sunday in May Senior Citizens Day
15 May Austrian-American Day
3rd Week in May A Week to Remember Persons who are Disabled or Shut-in
24 May Christa Corrigan McAuliffe Day
Friday before Memorial Day Long Island Sound Day
14 June Flag Day
3rd Saturday in June Destroyer Escort Day
26 July Disability Awareness Day
27 July Korean Armistice Day
1st Week in August Fire Fighter and Emergency Medical Services Personnel Week
1st Saturday in August Volunteer Fire Fighter and Volunteer Emergency Medical Services Personnel Day
14 August End of World War II Day
24 August Ukrainian-American Day
26 August Women's Independence Day
3 September Prudence Crandall Day
911 September 911 Day (Public awareness of the emergency phone No.)
2nd Sunday in September Family Day
2nd Monday in September School Safety Patrol Day
22 September Nathan Hale Day
Last Friday in September Indian Day
4th Sunday in September Puerto Rico Day
Any day in the 1st 9 Days of October1 Leif Erikson Day
6 October German-American Day
A day on or about 9 October Fire Prevention Day1
2nd Sunday in October National Children's Day
23 October Hungarian Freedom Fighters Day (1956)
1 December Romanian-American Day
By annual proclamation of the Governor
The State of Connecticut also ordains that the Governor shall declare days for the following observances, no specific date being given:
Lithuanian Day
Powered Flight Day
Apart from the above, the following date is also noteworthy:
9 January Ratification Day (1788)
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