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

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February 2nd

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Groundhog Day

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January 15th

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Martin Luther King’s Birthday

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Last Monday in May

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Memorial Day

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Holiday represented with 44 candles

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Hanukkah

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State holiday of Alaska

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Seward’s Day

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Children collect money for UNICEF on this holiday

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Halloween

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Holiday Anna Jarvis founded

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Mother’s Day

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Holiday about the 12 days of Christmas

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Epiphany

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End of Easter celebration

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Pentecost

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Mardi Gras in Europe and South America

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Carnival

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Day before Ash Wednesday

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Mardi Gras (Shrove Tuesday)

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First day of Lent

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Ash Wednesday

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Sixth Sunday of Lent - Sunday before Easter

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Palm Sunday

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Friday before Easter

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Good Friday

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First Sunday - after first full moon - after spring equinox

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Easter

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Second Monday in October

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Columbus Day

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Eight-Day Jewish Holidays

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Passover and Hannukkah

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State holiday of Massachusetts

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Patriot’s Day

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Holiday formerly known as Dominion Day

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Canada Day

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December 25 to January 1

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Kwanzaa

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December 26th

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Boxing Day (Canada and Britain)

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December 25th

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Christmas

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Sunday closest to November 30

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Advent

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Fourth Thursday in November

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Thanksgiving

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November 11th

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Veteran’s Day (Armistice Day)

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November 5th

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Guy Fawkes Day (England)

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November 2nd

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All Soul’s Day

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November 1st

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All Saint’s Day

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October 31st

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Halloween

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Holiday celebrating the end of WWI

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Armistice Day