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Holidays
Learn about U.S. Holidays! |
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Listen, learn, and have fun: Holiday Listening Game
Learn about U.S. Holidays through these lessons from EL Civics for ESL Students. January New Year's Day - January 1
Inauguration Day - January 20 every fourth year
Martin Luther King, Jr. Day - third Monday in January
Chinese New Year - 2009: January 26 to February 10 - Year of the Ox
February Black History Month - Month of February
Groundhog Day - February 2
Lincoln's Birthday - February 12 - Observed on the 9th, 2009
Valentine's Day - February 14
Presidents Day - third Monday in February, 16th in 2009
Washington's Birthday - February 22 - Observed on the 16th, 2009
Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday - day before Ash Wednesday - Tuesday, February 24, 2009
March National Women's History Month - March
Saint Patrick's Day - March 17
April Easter - April 12, 2009 - Sunday between March 22 and April 25
Arbor Day - last Friday in April - April 30, 2010
May Cinco de Mayo - May 5
Teacher Appreciation Day - Tuesday of the first full week of May
Mother's Day - second Sunday in May
Armed Forces Day - third Saturday in May
Memorial Day - last Monday in May
June Flag Day - June 14
Father's Day - third Sunday of June
First Day of Summer - June 21, 2009
July Fourth of July - July 4th
August 2008 Summer Olympics - Games of the XXIX Olympiad - August 8 to August 24, 2008
Ramadan - 2009: August 21 to September 19
September Labor Day - September 7, 2009
Patriot Day - September 11
October Columbus Day - October 12 or Second Monday in October
United Nations Day - October 24 - United Nations Week is October 20-26
Halloween - October 31
November Election Day - Tuesday following the first Monday of November - November 4, 2008
Veterans Day - weekday closest to November 11th
Thanksgiving - fourth Thursday in November
December Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day - December 7
Hanukkah - 2009: sunset December 11 to sunset December 19
Christmas - December 25
Kwanzaa - December 26 to January 1
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