National Prairie Day
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Saturday june 3, 2023
Culture : To enhance public awareness of what prairie is, educate about its value, and motivate all who learn about prairie to be inspired to support prairie conservation, restoration, and enjoyment.
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 18, 2023
cards/flowers :
Juneteenth National Freedom Day
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Monday june 19, 2023
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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Tuesday july 4, 2023
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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Monday august 28, 2023
School holidays :
Labor Day
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Monday september 4, 2023
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.
Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day
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Monday october 9, 2023
Secular holiday : Commemorates the day explorer Christopher Columbus first landed in the West Indies on October 12, 1492. It is celebrated on October 12 in many American countries, but the United States and Colombia celebrate it on the 2nd Monday of October
or, in many cities, celebrates and honors the Indigenous peoples of America and commemorates their shared history and culture paid holiday in Samoa, United States of America, Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin
Daylight Saving Time
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Sunday november 5, 2023
Special Events :
Veteran's Day
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Saturday november 11, 2023
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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Wednesday november 22, 2023
School holidays :
Thanksgiving
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Thursday november 23, 2023
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 24, 2023
Special Events : Day of sales and bargains
Thanksgiving (end)
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Monday november 27, 2023
School holidays :
Winter holiday (beginning) - 2 -
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Tuesday december 19, 2023
School holidays :
Christmas Day
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Monday december 25, 2023
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