US holidays 2020 what are the holiday dates

us holidays 2021 what are the holiday dates for 2020 holidays in march 2020 american school holidays 2020 fun holidays 2020 us holidays 2019 free printable 2020 calendar with holidays february holidays 2020 United States has ten public holidays. These are common holidays recognized throughout the country. Other holidays are recognized in individual regions and thus referred to as regional holidays. When a public holiday occurs on Saturdays, the previous day automatically becomes a holiday. A holiday that falls on Sundays is pushed to the coming Monday. Different from public holidays, the state holidays are strictly for the public sector and the government officials. Some of the organizations might choose or deny giving their employees a day off during these Federal holidays.

The bank holidays are similar to Federal holidays. Most of the public holidays are influenced by culture, religions and special events in the history of the United States. The holidays are recognized and published by the Federal government. Most employees prefer to have an employment contract stipulating their allowances, vacation days and holidays packages respectively. Small retail shops would not offer such but would allow free day on these holidays. When one is obliged by his roles to work during these public holidays, the  dictates that they are compensated and/or offered a free paid day off in the coming week. Different organizations also embrace these holidays and take up the holiday theme. Some holidays can be a day long while others can go for a week.

Most businesses close down during major holidays. On certain federal holidays, the streets are full of people and traffic comes to a standstill as the celebrations begin. Different holidays call for different response and observations. During these federal holidays, retails stores capitalize significantly on sales of different costumes and merchandises.

2020 federal holidays: 

New Year’s Day: Wednesday, January 1

Birthday of Martin Luther King Jr: Monday, January 20

President’s Day: Monday, February 17

Memorial Day: Monday, May 25

Independence Day: Saturday, July 4

Labor Day: Monday, September 7

Columbus Day: Monday, October 12

Veterans' Day: Wednesday, November 11

Thanksgiving: Thursday, November 26

Christmas: Friday, December 25

List of National and Regional Public Holidays of United States in 2020 


Wednesday Jan 01, 2020 Jan 01 New Year's Day
Monday Jan 20, 2020 Jan 20 M L King Day
Friday Feb 14, 2020 Feb 14 Valentine's Day
Monday Feb 17, 2020 Feb 17 Presidents' Day
Friday Apr 10, 2020 Apr 10 Good Friday
Sunday Apr 12, 2020 Apr 12 Easter Sunday
Sunday May 10, 2020 May 10 Mother's Day
Monday May 25, 2020 May 25 Memorial Day
Sunday Jun 21, 2020 Jun 21 Father's Day
Friday Jul 03, 2020 Jul 03 Independence Day Holiday
Saturday Jul 04, 2020 Jul 04 Independence Day
Monday Sep 07, 2020 Sep 07 Labor Day
Monday Oct 12, 2020 Oct 12 Columbus Day
Saturday Oct 31, 2020 Oct 31 Halloween
Wednesday Nov 11, 2020 Nov 11 Veterans Day
Thursday Nov 26, 2020 Nov 26 Thanksgiving Day
Friday Dec 25, 2020 Dec 25 Christmas

Other important days to note: 


Valentine’s Day: Friday, February 14

St Patrick’s Day: Tuesday, March 17

Good Friday: Friday, April 10

Easter: Sunday, April 12

Mother’s Day: Sunday, May 10

Father’s Day: Sunday, June 21

Halloween: Saturday, October 31


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