In the United States there are, strict speaking, no national __1__
3 C6 i( X' @7 Y holiday, for each state must, through legislative enactment or __2__% f' G7 Y( R& K1 \
executive proclamation, appoint the day which each holiday is __3__9 a" T# {8 k, D' i4 B
celebrated. Congress and the president may establish legal holidays) p- ~5 F0 ]; Q& z# O4 }* ]
for the District of Columbia and for federal employees throughout
# {& ^- |- q% ]" q the states and territories; and by long custom, days that receive- f) a& Y! t1 r7 b! x% t: z
nationwide observation, such as Christmas, Thanksgiving, Labor __4__$ }6 i% T' b2 P6 @$ g" G
Day, Independent Day, and New Year’s Day, are uniformly set __5__
2 k% ~5 L; Z' U, m- z apart by all states as legal, or public holidays. In 1968, federal __6__
; N% U/ {9 T+ g' o, n legislation established Columbia Day as a legal holiday for the$ _2 I$ n# V2 N' S# a, v/ K
District of Columbia and for the federal government beginning at __7__/ I- C7 {4 S) N) C+ U) c
1971. The law also provided begun in 1971 federal employees __8__$ Q$ f9 I# Q# U
would be granted three-days weekends by observing Washington’s __9__
' D. j( G7 ?5 f, \" L, | Birthday on the third Monday in February, Memorial Day on the
/ |+ z0 b/ G( l/ V- a2 j last Monday in May, Columbus Day on the second Monday in
6 T3 p, B! G- M' r* c' h October, and Veteran Day on the forth Monday on October. By
5 r/ I9 e- R3 K) w 1971, most of the states also adopted the new dates. __10__ |
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