United States of America (Louisiana) : complete schedule of public and bank holidays, closure of banks and stock exchanges, school vacations, trade fairs, cultural and sporting events, festivals, carnivals, election during the next 3 months
Jefferson Davis Day
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Friday June 3, 2022
Secular holiday :
Juneteenth
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Sunday June 19, 2022
Secular holiday : In 1980, Texas became the first state to officially recognize Juneteenth. It remains the only state that observes the holiday as a day off for state workers. Florida and Oklahoma proclaimed Juneteenth a day of observance in the 1990s, and other 22 states have made similar proclamations since 2000
Fathers' Day
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Sunday June 19, 2022
cards/flowers :
Juneteenth National Freedom Day
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Monday June 20, 2022
Banks only : To remember and honor the freeing, in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, of the last slaves in the United States from 2019 on
Independence Day
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Monday July 4, 2022
Secular holiday : Commemorates the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Fourth is traditionally celebrated publicly with parades and pageants, patriotic speeches, and organized firing of guns and cannons and displays of fireworks.
Summer holiday (end)
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Thursday August 11, 2022
School holidays :
Regional holiday
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Tuesday August 30, 2022
Secular holiday : In tribute to Huey P. Long (1893-1935), state senator was nicknamed the Kingfish . in New Orleans
Labor Day
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Monday September 5, 2022
Secular holiday : Celebrated on the first Monday in September with parades. For most Americans, it marks the end of summer holidays, and for many students the beginning of the classes.
Civil Servants holiday
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Monday October 10, 2022
Secular holiday : Indigenous Peoples Day
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday November 6, 2022
Special Events :
Remembrance Day
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Friday November 11, 2022
Banks only : Formerly Armistice Day, is a holiday observed in honour of all those, living and dead, who served with U.S. armed forces in wartime. Armistice Day, the forerunner of Veterans Day, was proclaimed to commemorate the termination of World War I Some banks, post office and governement close, but businesses, more and more, remain open, as well as universities.
Thanksgiving (beginning)
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Friday November 18, 2022
School holidays :
Thanksgiving
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Thursday November 24, 2022
Secular holiday : Many Americans take the following day off and enjoy a four-day holiday. The first formal celebration was held by an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who attempted to establish a settlement on Baffin Island, after failing to discover a northern passage to the Orient in 1576. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three-day thank you celebration to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for teaching them the survival skills they needed to make it in the New World. The turkey tradition was introduced by Benjamin Franklin who made it a national symbol: quick runner, wary, sharp eyesight... The one-time holiday was declared by George Washington, whereas Abraham Lincoln elected the 4th Thursday in November.
Black Friday
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Friday November 25, 2022
Special Events : Day of sales and bargains
Civil Servants holiday
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Friday November 25, 2022
Secular holiday : To commemorate the arrival in Louisiana of the Acadian people from the French colony Acadia following the ceding of that colony to England in 1713
Thanksgiving (end)
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Monday November 28, 2022
School holidays :
International WorkBoat Show
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Wednesday December 7, 2022
Tradeshows : Lasts 3 days -
www.workboatshow.com/ in New Orleans 2021 edition confirmed (provided the Covid epidemics is stopped)
Winter holiday (beginning)
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Friday December 16, 2022
School holidays : Baton Rouge schools
Christmas Day
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Sunday December 25, 2022
Catholic or protestant :
Banks are closed
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Monday December 26, 2022
Banks only :