A list of United States federal holidays in 2021 is shown below. For convenience, the number of days left to a holiday date is also provided. Federal holidays are public holidays established for federal employees in the Federal law (5 United States Code 6103) by the United States Congress. Employees are paid for the holidays.
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New Year's Day
2021 Friday,
January 1 ~ 7 months (211 days) left -
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
2021 Monday,
January 18 ~ 7 months & 2 weeks (228 days) left -
Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
2021 Monday,
February 15 ~ 8 months & 1 week (256 days) left -
Memorial Day
2021 Monday,
May 31 ~ 11 months & 3 weeks (361 days) left -
Independence Day
2021 Sunday,
July 4
(July 5**) ~ 13 months (395 days) left -
Labor Day
2021 Monday,
September 6 ~ 15 months (459 days) left -
Columbus Day
2021 Monday,
October 11 ~ 16 months & 1 week (494 days) left -
Veterans Day
2021 Thursday,
November 11 ~ 17 months & 1 week (525 days) left -
Thanksgiving Day
2021 Thursday,
November 25 ~ 17 months & 3 weeks (539 days) left -
Christmas
2021 Saturday,
December 25
(December 24**) ~ 18 months & 3 weeks (569 days) left
**If a federal holiday falls on Saturday it is usually observed on Friday (the day before), and when it falls on Sunday it is observed the following Monday. The dates the federal holidays are observed are shown in parentheses.
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- "Martin Luther King, Jr. 1964 (source: Library of Congress)" By Mike Licht, NotionsCapital.com (CC BY 2.0)
- "New Years Eve 2011 London" By Sean MacEntee (CC BY 2.0)
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- "Memorial Day" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Graves_at_Arlington_on_Memorial_Day.JPG
- "United States Flag" By HockeyholicAZ (CC BY 2.0)
- "Port worker II" By JAXPORT (CC BY 2.0)
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