National Holidays in America :

New Year's Day, the 1st of January : New Year.

Martin Luther King's Birthday, the 3rd Monday in January : Anniversary of the black leader assassinated in Memphis, in 1968.

Washington's Birthday, the 3rd Monday in February.

Easter Monday.

Memorial Day or Decoration Day, the last Monday in May : in remembrance of the soldiers died in war.

Independence Day, the 4th of July.

Labor Day, the first Monday in September, and at the same time, first day of school.

Columbus Day, the 2nd Monday in October.

Veteran's Day or Armistice Day, the 4th Monday in October.

Thanksgiving Day, the 4th Thursday in November : originally a celebration to thank Almighty God for the magnificent harvests, first done by the Pilgrim Fathers in 1621.

Christmas, Decmber 25.

Holidays in certain States :

Lincoln's Birthday, the 12th of February, remembering the birthday of Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865).

St Patrick's Day, the 17th of March, celebrated mostly in New York and Boston whose Irish communities are the largest.

Patriot's Day, in mid April, is celebrated principally around Boston and honors the beginning of Independence War in 1775.