This article has a full list of year 2014, complete 12 months public holidays and states holidays celebrated in the United States of America, a huge federal republic which consists of a total of 50 states and one federal district (Washington, D.C.).
So far, you knew the drill but if you aren’t familiar with some of the special dates celebration in United States which are not the official holidays, hopefully this list of information can feature great resources that help you to understand better the other festivals celebrated in USA like Observance, Orthodox and Christian. Do check out the holidays and festivals list by month here.
January
Jan 1 New Year’s Day (National holiday)
Jan 6 Epiphany (Christian)
Jan 7 Orthodox Christmas Day (Orthodox)
Jan 13 Stephen Foster Memorial Day (Observance)
Jan 14 The Prophet’s Birthday (Muslim)
Jan 14 Orthodox New Year (Orthodox)
Jan 16 Tu Bishvat/Tu B’Shevat (Jewish holiday)
Jan 17 Lee Jackson Day (State holiday: Virginia)
Jan 19 Robert E Lee’s Birthday (State holiday: Florida)
Jan 19 Confederate Memorial Day (State holiday: Texas)
Jan 20 Idaho Human Rights Day (State holiday: Idaho)
Jan 20 Martin Luther King Day (National holiday)
Jan 20 Robert E Lee’s Birthday (State holiday : AL, AR, MS)
Jan 20 Civil Rights Day (State holiday: Arizona, New Hampshire)
Jan 29 Kansas Day (Observance)
Jan 31 Chinese New Year (Observance)
February
Feb 1 National Freedom Day (Observance)
Feb 2 Groundhog Day (Observance)
Feb 4 Rosa Parks Day (State holiday : California, Ohio)
Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday (State holiday: CT, IL, MO, NJ, NY)
Feb 14 Susan B Anthony’s Birthday observed (State holiday: Florida)
Feb 14 Valentine’s Day (Observance)
Feb 15 Susan B Anthony’s Birthday (State holiday: Florida)
Feb 17 Daisy Gatson Bates Day (State holiday: Arkansas)
Feb 17 Presidents’ Day (Washington’s Birthday) (National holiday)
March
Mar 1 St. David’s Day (Observance)
Mar 2 Texas Independence Day (State holiday:Texas)
Mar 3 Casimir Pulaski Day (State holiday: Illinois)
Mar 3 Read Across America Day (Observance)
Mar 4 Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras (Observance)
Mar 4 Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras (State holiday: Alabama, Louisiana)
Mar 4 Town Meeting Day Vermont (State holiday)
Mar 5 Ash Wednesday (Christian)
Mar 9 Daylight Saving Time starts (Clock change/Daylight Saving Time)
Mar 16 Purim (Jewish holiday)
Mar 17 St. Patrick’s Day (Observance)
Mar 17 Evacuation Day (State holiday: Massachusetts)
Mar 20 March equinox (Season)
Mar 25 Maryland Day (State holiday: Maryland)
Mar 26 Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (State holiday: Hawaii)
Mar 31 César Chávez Day (State holiday: CA, CO*, TX*)
Mar 31 Seward’s Day (State holiday: Alaska)
April
Apr 2 Pascua Florida Day (State holiday: Florida)
Apr 6 National Tartan Day (Observance)
Apr 13 Thomas Jefferson’s Birthday (Observance)
Apr 13 Palm Sunday (Christian)
Apr 15 Tax Day (Observance)
Apr 15 Passover (first day) (Jewish holiday)
Apr 15 Father Damien Day (Local observance: Hawaii)
Apr 16 Emancipation Day (State holiday: District of Columbia)
Apr 17 Maundy Christian
Apr 18 Good Friday (State holiday- 14 states)
Apr 18 Orthodox Good Friday (Orthodox)
Apr 19 Holy Saturday (Christian)
Apr 19 Orthodox Holy Saturday (Orthodox)
Apr 20 Orthodox Easter (Orthodox)
Apr 20 Easter Sunday (Observance, Christian)
Apr 21 Patriot’s Day (State holiday: Maine, Massachusetts)
Apr 21 San Jacinto Day (State holiday: Texas)
Apr 21 Orthodox Easter (Orthodox)
Apr 21 Easter Monday (Christian)
Apr 22 Oklahoma Day (Local observance: Oklahoma)
Apr 22 Last Day of Passover (Jewish holiday)
Apr 23 Administrative Professionals Day (Observance)
Apr 25 Arbor Day (State holiday: Nebraska)
Apr 28 Confederate Memorial Day (State holiday: Mississippi)
Apr 28 Yom HaShoah (Jewish holiday)
Apr 28 Confederate Memorial Day (State holiday: AL, FL, GA)
May
May 1 Law Day (Observance)
May 1 Loyalty Day (Observance)
May 1 National Day of Prayer (Observance)
May 4 Rhode Island Independence Day (State holiday: Rhode Island)
May 5 Cinco de Mayo (Observance)
May 6 Primary Election Day Indiana (State holiday: Indiana)
May 6 Yom Ha’atzmaut (Jewish holiday)
May 6 National Nurses Day (Observance)
May 8 Truman Day (State holiday: Missouri)
May 9 Confederate Memorial Day observed (State holiday: South Carolina)
May 10 Confederate Memorial Day (State holiday: North Carolina, South Carolina)
May 11 Mothers’ Day (Observance)
May 13 Primary Election Day West Virginia (State holiday: West Virginia)
May 15 Peace Officers Memorial Day (Observance)
May 16 National Defense Transportation Day (Observance)
May 17 Armed Forces Day (Observance)
May 18 Lag BaOmer (Jewish holiday)
May 21 Emergency Medical Services for Children Day (Observance)
May 22 Harvey Milk Day (Observance: California)
May 22 National Maritime Day (Observance)
May 25 National Missing Children’s Day (Observance)
May 26 Memorial Day (National holiday)
May 26 Jefferson Davis Birthday (Observance: Mississippi)
May 27 Isra and Mi’raj (Muslim)
May 29 Ascension Day (Christian)
June
Jun 1 Statehood Day (State holiday: Kentucky, Tennessee)
Jun 2 Jefferson Davis Birthday (State holiday: Alabama)
Jun 3 Jefferson Davis Birthday (Observance: Florida)
Jun 4 Shavuot (Jewish: holiday)
Jun 6 D-Day (Observance)
Jun 8 Pentecost (Christian)
Jun 9 Whit Monday (Christian)
Jun 11 Kamehameha Day (State holiday: Hawaii)
Jun 14 Flag Day (Observance)
Jun 15 Fathers’ Day (Observance)
Jun 15 Trinity Sunday (Christian)
Jun 17 Bunker Hill Day (State holiday: Massachusetts)
Jun 19 Juneteenth (Local observance- All except AL, American Samoa, GA, HI, MD, ME, MP, MS, MT, ND, NH, PA, RI, SD, UT, Virgin Islands, Wake Island)
Jun 19 Corpus Christi (Christian)
Jun 20 West Virginia Day (State holiday: West Virginia)
Jun 21 June Solstice (Season)
Jun 29 Ramadan starts (Muslim)
July
Jul 4 Independence Day (National holiday)
Jul 24 Lailat al-Qadr (Muslim)
Jul 24 Pioneer Day (State holiday: Utah)
Jul 27 Parents’ Day (Observance)
Jul 29 Eid al-Fitr (Muslim)
August
Aug 5 Tisha B’Av (Jewish holiday)
Aug 11 Victory Day (State holiday: Rhode Island)
Aug 15 Statehood Day in Hawaii (State holiday: Hawaii)
Aug 15 Assumption of Mary (Christian)
Aug 15 Bennington Battle Day observed (State holiday: Vermont)
Aug 16 Bennington Battle Day (State holiday: Vermont)
Aug 19 National Aviation Day (Observance)
Aug 21 Senior Citizens Day (Observance)
Aug 27 Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (State holiday: Texas)
September
Sep 1 Labor Day (National holiday)
Sep 6 Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day (Observance)
Sep 7 National Grandparents Day (Observance)
Sep 11 Patriot Day (Observance)
Sep 17 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day (Observance)
Sep 19 National POW/MIA Recognition Day (Observance)
Sep 22 Emancipation Day (State holiday: Ohio)
Sep 23 September equinox (Season)
Sep 25 Rosh Hashana (Jewish holiday)
Sep 28 Gold Star Mother’s Day (Observance)
October
Oct 4 Feast of St Francis of Assisi (Christian)
Oct 4 Yom Kippur (Jewish holiday)
Oct 5 Eid al-Adha (Muslim)
Oct 6 Child Health Day (Observance)
Oct 9 Leif Erikson Day (Observance)
Oct 9 First Day of Sukkot (Jewish holiday)
Oct 13 Columbus Day (National holiday- All except CA, FL, HI, NV, SD, TX, WA)
Oct 13 Native Americans’ Day (State holiday: South Dakota)
Oct 13 Indigenous People’s Day (State holiday: California)
Oct 15 Last Day of Sukkot (Jewish holiday)
Oct 15 White Cane Safety Day (Observance)
Oct 16 Boss’s Day (Observance)
Oct 16 Shmini Atzeret (Jewish holiday)
Oct 17 Alaska Day observed (State holiday: Alaska)
Oct 18 Alaska Day (State holiday: Alaska)
Oct 23 Diwali/Deepavali (Observance)
Oct 25 Muharram (Muslim)
Oct 31 Nevada Day (State holiday: Nevada)
Oct 31 Halloween (Observance)
November
Nov 1 All Saints’ Day (Christian)
Nov 2 Daylight Saving Time ends (Clock change/Daylight Saving Time)
Nov 2 All Souls’ Day (Christian)
Nov 4 Election Day (State holiday- 12 states)
Nov 6 Return Day Delaware (State holiday: Delaware)
Nov 11 Veterans Day (National holiday)
Nov 27 Thanksgiving Day (National holiday)
Nov 28 Robert E Lee’s Birthday (State holiday: Georgia)
Nov 28 Presidents’ Day (State holiday: New Mexico)
Nov 28 American Indian Heritage Day (State holiday: Maryland)
Nov 28 Lincoln’s Birthday (State holiday: West Virginia)
Nov 28 Black Friday (State holiday- 17 states)
Nov 28 Lincoln’s Birthday (State holiday: Indiana)
Nov 30 First Sunday of Advent (Christian)
December
Dec 1 Cyber Monday (Observance)
Dec 6 St Nicholas’ Day (Observance)
Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day (Observance)
Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Christian)
Dec 12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe (Observance)
Dec 17 Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day) (Jewish holiday)
Dec 17 Wright Brothers Day (Observance)
Dec 17 Pan American Aviation Day (Observance)
Dec 21 December Solstice (Season)
Dec 24 Last Day of Chanukah (Jewish holiday)
Dec 24 Christmas Eve (State holiday KS*, KY, MI, NC, ND, OK, SC, TX, VA*, WI)
Dec 24 Christmas Eve (Observance, Christian)
Dec 25 Christmas Day (National holiday, Christian)
Dec 26 Day After Christmas Day (State holiday: KS, NC, NH, SC, TX, VA)
Dec 26 Kwanzaa (until Jan 1) (Observance)
Dec 26 Washington’s Birthday (State holiday: Indiana)
Dec 31 New Year’s Eve (Observance)
Dec 31 New Year’s Eve (State holiday: KY, MI, WI)
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