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Non-floating holidays

Non-statutory holidays are written in gray.

Moving Holidays in the United States of America

Shifting holidays to Mondays

A special feature goes back to President Richard Nixon in 1971, who, during his term in office, moved most national holidays to the nearest Monday.

Thus, a public holiday is also a day off work for large parts of the population. This does not, of course, include anniversaries such as Independence Day, New Year's Day or Christmas, which by their nature cannot be celebrated on other days.

Despite the dates set by the federal government, the individual U.S. states have wide-ranging freedom in scheduling. Each state can arbitrarily move a holiday for its territory or even skip it altogether.

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For example, President's Day is not celebrated in 11 states. Columbus Day is also celebrated in only 34 states. In addition, there are countless dates for regional holidays.

Independence Day

Probably the best known U.S.

holiday from numerous movies is Independence Day on July 4. This day dates back to 1

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