American Holidays & Important Dates

January-April

January

New Years - January 1st

Martin Luther King Jr. Day - 3rd Monday of January

February

African American History Month - February 

Groundhogs Day - February 2nd

Super Bowl Sunday (American Football Championship) - January-February

St. Valentines Day - February 14th

Presidents Day - February 22nd

March

Daylight Saving Time Begins (clocks go forward one hour) 

Saint Patricks Day - March 17th

Good Friday & Easter Sunday - March-April

April

April Fools Day - April 1-2

Federal Income Taxes are due on April 15th

Earth Day - April 22nd

May-August

May

American Mothers Day - May

Memorial Day - May

June

Juneteenth - June 19th

American Fathers Day - June

LGBTQIA+ Pride Month - June

July

United States of Americas Independence Day - July 4th

August 

None

September-December

September

Labor Day - early September

9/11 Memorial Day - September 11th

October

Indignenous Peoples' Day / Columbus Day - second Monday in October 

Halloween - October 31st

November

Daylight Savings Time Ends, November (clocks go back an hour) 

Veterans Day - November 11th

Thanksgiving - late November

Black Friday - Friday after Thanksgiving

Chanukah/Hanukkah - November-December

December

Christmas Day - December 25th

Kwanzaa - late December 



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