Holidays and Observances Flashcards by B -

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Second Sunday of May

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Mother’s Day

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Third Monday in January

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Martin Luther King Day

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First Tuesday after First Monday in November

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Election Day

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First Monday in September

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Labor Day

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September 17th

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Constitution Day

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Second Sunday in September

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Grandparents’ Day

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July 20th

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Moon (Landing) Day

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July 14th

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Bastille Day (France)

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July 4th

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Independence Day

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June 1st

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Canada Day

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Third Sunday of June

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Father’s Day

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June 14th

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Flag Day

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October 12th

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Original Columbus Day

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Third Saturday in May

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Armed Forces Day

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October 24th

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United Nation’s Day

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Last Friday in April

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Arbor Day

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Wednesday of the last full week of April

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Secretary’s Day

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April 22nd

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Earth Day

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March 17th

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St. Patrick’s Day

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May 5th

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Cinco de Mayo

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February 22nd

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Washington’s Birthday

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Third Monday in February

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President’s Day

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February 14th

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St. Valentine’s Day

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February 12th

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Lincoln’s Birthday

February 2nd

Groundhog Day

January 15th

Martin Luther King's Birthday

Last Monday in May

Memorial Day

Holiday represented with 44 candles

Hanukkah

State holiday of Alaska

Seward's Day

Children collect money for UNICEF on this holiday

Halloween

Holiday Anna Jarvis founded

Mother's Day

Holiday about the 12 days of Christmas

Epiphany

End of Easter celebration

Pentecost

Mardi Gras in Europe and South America

Carnival

Day before Ash Wednesday

Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday)

First day of Lent

Ash Wednesday

Sixth Sunday of Lent - Sunday before Easter

Palm Sunday

Friday before Easter

Good Friday

First Sunday - after first full moon - after spring equinox

Easter

Second Monday in October

Columbus Day

Eight-Day Jewish Holidays

Passover and Hannukkah

State holiday of Massachusetts

Patriot's Day

Holiday formerly known as Dominion Day

Canada Day

December 25 to January 1

Kwanzaa

December 26th

Boxing Day (Canada and Britain)

December 25th

Christmas

Sunday closest to November 30

Advent

Fourth Thursday in November

Thanksgiving

November 11th

Veteran's Day (Armistice Day)

November 5th

Guy Fawkes Day (England)

November 2nd

All Soul's Day

November 1st

All Saint's Day

October 31st

Halloween

Holiday celebrating the end of WWI

Armistice Day