Is columbus day a federal holiday in michigan
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Oct. 10—TRAVERSE CITY — Monday is Indigenous Peoples' Day and northern Michigan schools plan to celebrate by educating about Indigenous cultures.
In 2019, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a proclamation that recognized Indigenous Peoples' Day as an official holiday in place of Christopher Columbus Day. Indigneous Peoples' Day is not yet a federal holiday, and many states still celebrate it as Christopher Columbus Day.
Native American History professor Mindy Morton said that incorporating Indigenous Peoples' Day as a holiday and community celebration helps bridge the gap in American history that either depicts Indigenous people incorrectly or avoids discussion of them entirely.
"There's so much that we have erased from our history, as though natives were just an inconvenience," Morton said.
In Suttons Bay Public Schools, Llesenia "Sunshine" Crisanto, a Suttons Bay High School student and the current reigning Miss Odawa Nation, will read "We Are Water Protectors" by Carole Lindstrom to preschool, kindergarten and first grade students on Monday. In the middle and high school, Native American students will present Native American powwow dancing.
"We have so much really positive and meaningful teachings that are available for all students, not just Native American students," said Director of Suttons Bay Indigenous Education Program Samantha TwoCrow.
There will also be notecards posted all over the high school next week with QR codes learn how to say words in Anishinaabemowin and English, TwoCrow said.
"This is just an opportunity to share a piece of who we are," TwoCrow said. "And to be given that opportunity within your school district is pretty awesome."
There will also be a Medicine Wheel, which teaches "how to represent all walks of life and all people of color," passed between teachers and classes on Monday, TwoCrow said. The Medicine Wheel is a good resource to "build community partnerships."
On Wednesday, Suttons Bay middle schoolers are also going to the Dennos Museum Center to see an exhibit with Native American artwork, as an extension of the Indigenous Peoples' Day celebration.
"A lot of our families experience a lot of intergenerational trauma or historical trauma that results from just all the past history, but encouraging and hearing both sides is significantly important to the healing of all Native American people and Indigenous people," TwoCrow said. "But when you're celebrating just one side of it, you're not giving the opportunity to acknowledge the first people that originated from this land here from the very beginning."
In Traverse City Area Public Schools, Indigenous Education Program managers Amber Ochoa and Cindy Winslow will be visiting a few schools to provide learning resources to teachers and giving interactive assemblies to small groups of students to teach about local Indigenous tribes on Monday. TCAPS teachers will also be teaching about local tribes' histories and cultures on Monday.
The TCAPS Indigenous Education Program provides academic and cultural support to Indigenous students. Ochoa, the program manager, and Winslow, the cultural manager, both work with TCAPS schools to provide support and resources to Native American students.
Through a grant from the Northern American Heritage Fund, the TCAPS Indigenous Education Program has been able to create travelling exhibits that teach about indigenous culture though a historical, cultural and material approach. Winslow, who formerly worked at Eyaawing Museum and Cultural center, takes the exhibits to a different school each week. The exhibits' contents change focus each month.
TCAPS Executive Director of Communications Ginger Smith said that, in TCAPS, the schools are starting to teach about Indigenous Peoples' Day with more of an emotional connection to the tribe, as it is a significant part of the community's history.
Ochoa and Winslow both said the program's main focus is on supporting Indigneous students and making them feel included and supported by a community. The TCAPS Indigenous Education Program is more focused on a year-long approach to educating about indigenous communities and supporting Indigenous students, Winslow said.
Winslow said the program's focus is on ensuring Native American students in the school district feel "more included, more incorporated, more part of our community."
School Indigenous Peoples' Day celebrations are also happening at the higher education level. At Northwestern Michigan College, the Dennos Museum Center — which has two exhibits focused on Indigenous history — is offering free admission on Monday and an outdoor event from 2-4 p.m.. It is organized by Todd Parker, the Native American success coach and members of NMC's Native American Student Organization.
The Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa helped fund the event.
NMC's event includes an outdoor drum and dance performance as well as singing by the Nishinabe Singers. During the drumming and dancing, the names of the dances will be called out.
"I think the takeaway is going to be that — well I hope it's going to be — that the native people within this region have a lot to offer and are a very vibrant and thriving culture," Parker said. "And I think that due to mainstream media that's not been portrayed as such for a very long time and I think that the longer that we hold events on Indigenous Peoples Day and include everyone, we're going to educate everyone about those pluses and highlight the differences and the similarities for everyone, and bring people together so that they can exchange ideas in a safe and comfortable environment."
Social Security
2021 Holiday Closings of Social Security Offices
Our offices will be closed to the public Thursday, November 25 and Friday, November, 26. Our National 800 Number (1-800-772-1213) is operating with limited capacity on Friday, November 26. You can still use our automated telephone services and our online services to conduct business.
All Social Security offices will be closed on the following federal holidays.
| New Year's Day | Friday, January 1 |
| Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday | Monday, January 18 |
| Washington’s Birthday | Monday, February 15 |
| Memorial Day | Monday, May 31 |
| Juneteenth National Independence Day | Friday, June 18 |
| Independence Day | Monday, July 5 |
| Labor Day | Monday, September 6 |
| Columbus Day | Monday, October 11 |
| Veterans Day | Thursday, November 11 |
| Thanksgiving Day | Thursday, November 25 |
| Christmas Day | Friday, December 24 |
So many people jump head first into whatever is the issue of the day and it appears State Senator Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, is one of them. He has recently introduced Senate Bill 568 which looks to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Michigan.
State Senator Irwin stated:
Michigan, at the heart of the Great Lakes basin, has a rich and long history, extending long before Europeans first arrived...It is only fitting that we more prominently recognize and celebrate the rich and vibrant, tribal tradition of the indigenous people of Michigan, and of this continent.
The question you should be asking yourself is why people like Democrat State Senator Jeff Irwin want to erase history as though it never happened whether they believe that history is good or bad. If you want to add the Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a holiday go for it, but why erase by not pointing out, part of our history to do so.
Also if you are going to add a holiday called Indigenous Peoples’ Day you should really look up the definition of Indigenous before you jump on the eraser bandwagon.
I am a stickler for details, such as the difference of what a racist is and what a bigot is. People use the word racist all the time without even knowing the definition because if they did they would not use it as much. Those people include most of the “smart” people on TV. They are smart enough to read a teleprompter and that is about it.
Sorry for that tangent, now back to this issue.
The definition of indigenous according to Webster’s dictionary is:
produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment
No one who was living here in America from the beginning. A group called Native languages.org states:
Setting the Record Straight About Native Peoples: Origins of American Indians
Q: How did Indians get to the Americas?
A: Well, Native American tradition is that Indians were always here. Most of the scientific evidence is that Indian ancestors came from Asia in prehistoric times, when mammoths and other ancient animals did. This would have had to happen more than 20,000 years ago, when there was still a land bridge there. No human culture has good records of what it was doing 20,000 years ago, so perhaps we're both right.
Even Time magazine back in 2015 wrote:
What they found fundamentally changes what scientists previously thought. The team found that Native Americans most likely had a common Siberian origin, contradicting theories that an earlier migration from Europe occurred.
Columbus Day was adopted as a federal holiday in 1937. According to State Senator Irwin there are some Michigan cities that have already erased Columbus Day and replaced it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day such as Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Ypsilanti and others.
Right now the eraser bill has been referred to the committee on Government Operations from there it must go to a vote of the full Senate.
Interesting how the left wants to take away our free speech, determine people on the other team are guilty until proven innocent, overturn over a 100 years of contract law and erase whatever they feel in our history should be erased.
Are these really the people you want making decisions about your life?
The Live with Renk show airs Monday through Friday 9 a.m. to noon, to let me know your thoughts call (269) 441-9595
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State Holidays
The Department of Human Services will be closed in observance of the following official state holidays:- New Year's Day, January 1.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Third Monday in January.
- Presidents Day, Third Monday in February.
- Memorial Day, Last Monday in May.
- Independence Day, July 4.
- Labor Day, First Monday in September.
- General Election Day, First Tuesday in November, even numbered years
- Veterans Day, November 11.
- Thanksgiving Day and the day after, the fourth Thursday and Friday in November.
- Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, December 24 and 25.
- New Year's Eve, December 31.
State office closings for state holidays are regulated by the Michigan Department of Civil Service Regulation 5.08.
Public Act 124 of 1865 is the Michigan law governing official state holidays.
The Professional Interpreter
Dear colleagues:
Many colleagues who live abroad, and others who live in the United States but grew up somewhere else, have asked me about the holidays in the United States. Many visitors to the U.S. are often confused when they see holidays where everything is closed, holidays where some things are closed, and holidays where everything is closed in one place and open somewhere else. I thought this was a good time to explain our unique holiday schedule because on the third Monday in February, we observe Presidents’ Day, our third federal holiday of the year. This apparent chaos is really a manifestation of the fifty states’ sovereign powers, and the result of the different history, culture, origins, interests, and values of each one.
The United States is a federation of fifty states and each state has its own legislation and decision-making process. Because of this system Americans have two types of holidays: Those determined by the United States Congress, and observed in all fifty states, are called federal holidays; and those that have been declared by state and local governments, and are only observed in a specific state, county, or city. The latter ones are state or local holidays. By comparison with other countries the United States has very few federal holidays, but the states are a different story.
All federal government offices close on federal holidays but the state and local governments remain open unless the federal holiday is also a state holiday. Federal government offices continue to work on state holidays, and sometimes, only city or county offices may close for the day in observance of a local holiday to honor a local hero or commemorate an event of great importance at the city level. Unless they are government workers, Americans go to work on many holidays. To the foreign observer, a good rule to remember is that on federal holidays, all federal government offices, banks, and the post office will be closed. On state holidays, all state government offices and public schools will be closed. The rest of the American people will have the day off during major federal holidays, and the citizens of a particular state will not have to work on a local holiday, even if the rest of the country does. It is only on major holidays, which are observed at the state and federal level, that everybody enjoys a day away from the workplace.
On January 1, 1971 Congress passed the “Uniform Monday Holiday Act” which shifted most holidays to a Monday in the month where the original holiday was observed. The states followed the same system shortly after. There are 11 federal holidays in the United States:
New Year’s Day. January 1*
Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Third Monday in January
Presidents’ Day. Third Monday in February
Memorial Day. Last Monday in May*
Juneteenth. June 19 (Starting in 2021)
Independence Day. July 4*
Labor Day. First Monday in September*
Columbus Day. Second Monday in October
Veterans Day. November 11
Thanksgiving Day. Fourth Thursday in November*
Christmas Day. December 25*
*Major federal holidays.
All government offices are closed on them all.
Except for Presidents Day, Veterans Day, and Juneteenth National Independence Day, all 50 states observe the rest of the federal holidays as state holidays. The states that do not observe Presidents Day as a state holiday are:
Delaware
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Some states opted out of this holiday because they honor Washington and Lincoln on a different date.
The only state not to observe Veterans Day is Wisconsin. At the inception of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, some counties in Arizona considered not observing the holiday.
As of June 2021, Juneteenth is not observed in Hawaii, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
There are many reasons for the states’ holidays, some are historical, like Mississippi’s Robert E. Lee’s Birthday in January, Hawaii’s King Kamehameha Day in June, or Massachusetts’ Patriots Day in April. Other are cultural, like California’s Cesar Chavez Day in May, or Maryland’s American Indian Heritage Day in November. Other holidays have a practical reason to exist, like Indiana’s Primary Election Day in May, and General Election Day in November; some are for convenience like designating the fourth Friday in November as a holiday, under different names, in many states, and some are religious, like Kansas’ Christmas Eve in December, or Delaware’s Good Friday. There are also local holidays observed in a particular city or county, not the rest of the state. To honor Casimir Pulaski (Kazimierz Pulaski), a War of Independence hero born in Poland, the City of Chicago, and Cook County, Illinois, observe Pulaski Day on the first Monday of every March. On that day, Chicago and Cook County government offices are closed, and children leaving in Chicago do not go to school.
Some states have no state holidays. The following States have no State holidays, only federal:
Arizona
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Oregon
Wyoming
Also keep in mind there are certain “celebrations in the United States” that are treated like holidays even though they are not: Super Bowl Sunday in February, Cinco de Mayo in May, and St. Patrick’s Day in March are not official holidays and everybody works on those dates.
This is the complete list of all state holidays in the United States by state:
Alabama
Mon Jan 15 Robert E. Lee’s Birthday
Tue Feb 13 Mardi Grass Day
Mon Apr 23 Confederate Memorial Day
Mon Jun 4 Jefferson Davis Birthday
Alaska
Mon Mar 26 Seward’s Day
Thu Oct 18 Alaska Day
Arkansas
Mon Jan 15 Robert E. Lee’s Birthday
Mon Feb 19 Daisy Gatson Bates Day
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
California
Sun Feb 4 Rosa Parks Day
Sat Mar 31 Cesar Chavez Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Connecticut
Mon Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Fri Mar 31 Good Friday
Delaware
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Thu Nov 8 Return Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
District of Columbia
Mon Apr 16 DC Emancipation Day
Georgia
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Mon Apr 23 Confederate Memorial Day
Fri Nov 23 Georgia State Holiday
Mon Dec 24 Washington’s Birthday Holiday (Following year on Dec 26)
Hawaii
Mon Mar 26 Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Mon June 11 King Kamehameha Day
Fri Aug 17 Statehood Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Illinois
Mon Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Indiana
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Tue May 8 Primary Election Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Fri Nov 23 Lincoln’s Birthday Holiday
Mon Dec 24 Washington’s Birthday Holiday (Following year on Dec 26)
Iowa
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Kansas
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Kentucky
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Mon Dec 31 New Year’s Eve
Louisiana
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Tue Feb 13 Mardi Gras Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Maine
Mon Apr 16 Patriots Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Maryland
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Fri Nov 23 American Indian Heritage Day
Massachusetts
Mon Apr 16 Patriots Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Michigan
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Mon Dec 31 New Year’s Eve
Minnesota
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mississippi
Mon Jan 15 Robert E. Lee’s Birthday
Mon Apr 30 Confederate Memorial Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Missouri
Mon Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Tue May 8 Truman Day
Montana
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Nebraska
Fri Apr 27 Arbor Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Nevada
Fri Oct 26 Nevada Day
Fri Nov 23 Family Day
New Hampshire
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
New Jersey
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
New Mexico
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Presidents Day Holiday
New York
Mon Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
North Carolina
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Wed Dec 26 Christmas Holiday
North Dakota
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Ohio
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Sat Dec 1 Rosa Parks Day
Oklahoma
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Wed Dec 26 Christmas Holiday
Pennsylvania
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Rhode Island
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Mon Aug 13 Victory Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
South Carolina
Thu May 10 Confederate Memorial Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Wed Dec 26 Christmas Holiday
South Dakota
Mon Oct 8 Native American Day
Tennessee
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Wed Dec 26 Christmas Holiday
Texas
Fri Jan 19 Confederate Heroes Day
Fri Mar 2 Texas Independence Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Sat Mar 31 Cesar Chávez Day
Sat Apr 21 San Jacinto Day
Tue Jun 19 Juneteenth
Mon Aug 27 Lyndon B Johnson Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Wed Dec 26 Christmas Holiday
Utah
Tue Jul 24 Pioneer Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Vermont
Tue Mar 6 Town Meeting Day
Thu Aug 16 Bennington Battle Day
Virginia
Fri Jan 12 Lee-Jackson Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
WashingtonFri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
West VirginiaWed Jun 20 West Virginia Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Wisconsin*Does not observe Presidents Day
*Does not observe Veterans Day
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Mon Dec 31 New Year’s Eve
I hope this brief explanation, and comprehensive holiday list, help you to understand better the holiday calendar of the United States. I now invite you to comment on this subject.
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Official Holidays
The holidays and the days they are observed are:
- New Year's Day, January 1.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Third Monday in January.
- President's Day, Third Monday in February.
- Memorial Day, Last Monday in May.
- Independence Day, July 4.
- Labor Day, First Monday in September.
- General Election Day, even-numbered years
- Veterans Day, November 11.
- Thanksgiving Day and the day after, the fourth Thursday and Friday in November.
- Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, December 24 and 25.
- New Year's Eve, December 31.
The calendar dates for 2021 are:
- January 1
- January 18
- February 15
- May 31
- July 5
- September 6
- November 11
- November 25and 26
- December 23 and 24
- December 30 and 31
The calendar dates for 2022 are:
- January 17
- February 21
- May 30
- July 4
- September 5
- November 8
- November 11
- November 24 and 25
- December 23 and 26
- December 30 and January 2, 2023
State office closings for state holidays are regulated by the Michigan Department of Civil Service Regulation 5.08.
Public Act 124 of 1865 is the Michigan law governing official state holidays.
So many people jump head first into whatever is the issue of the day and it appears State Senator Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, is one of them. He has recently introduced Senate Bill 568 which looks to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in Michigan.
State Senator Irwin stated:
Michigan, at the heart of the Great Lakes basin, has a rich and long history, extending long before Europeans first arrived.It is only fitting that we more prominently recognize and celebrate the rich and vibrant, tribal tradition of the indigenous people of Michigan, and of this continent.
The question you should be asking yourself is why people like Democrat State Senator Jeff Irwin want to erase history as though it never happened whether they believe that history is good or bad. If you want to add the Indigenous Peoples’ Day as a holiday go for it, but why erase by not pointing out, part of our history to do so.
Also if you are going to add a holiday called Indigenous Peoples’ Day you should really look up the definition of Indigenous before you jump on the eraser bandwagon.
I am a stickler for details, such as the difference of what a racist is and what a bigot is. People use the word racist all the time without even knowing the definition because if they did they would not use it as much. Those people include most of the “smart” people on TV. They are smart enough to read a teleprompter and that is about it.
Sorry for that tangent, now back to this issue.
The definition of indigenous according to Webster’s dictionary is:
produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in is columbus day a federal holiday in michigan particular region or environment
No one who was living here in America from the beginning. A group called Native languages.org states:
Setting the Record Straight About Native Peoples: Origins of American Indians
Q: How did Indians get to the Americas?
A: Well, Native American tradition 2019 us federal holidays calendar that Indians were always here. Most of the scientific evidence is that Indian ancestors came from Asia in prehistoric times, when mammoths and other ancient animals did. This would have had to happen more than 20,000 years ago, when there was still a land bridge there. No human culture has good records of what it was doing 20,000 years ago, so perhaps we're both right.
Even Time magazine back in 2015 wrote:
What they found fundamentally changes what scientists previously thought. The team found that Native Americans most likely had a common Siberian origin, contradicting theories that an earlier migration from Europe occurred.
Columbus Day was adopted as a federal holiday in 1937. Chat customer service jobs amazon to State Senator Irwin there are some Michigan cities that have already erased Columbus Day and replaced it with Indigenous Peoples’ Day such as Ann Arbor, East Lansing, Ypsilanti and others.
Right now the eraser bill has been referred to the committee on Government Operations from there it must go to a vote of the full Senate.
Interesting how the left wants to take away our free speech, determine people on the other team are guilty until proven innocent, overturn over a 100 years of contract law and erase whatever they feel in our history should be erased.
Are these really the people you want making decisions is columbus day a federal holiday in michigan your life?
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(CNN)Columbus Day has been a political lightning rod for states, cities and municipalities around the US for years now. Some have decided to do something about it.
Michigan, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia are among the most recent states and areas to change the October holiday to "Indigenous Peoples' Day" to recognize the native populations that were displaced and decimated after Christopher Columbus and other European explorers reached the continent.
Technically, Columbus Day is a federal holiday, which means it is recognized by the US government and thus express loan pay the closure of non-essential government offices, and, usually, places like post offices and banks.
But states and local governments can choose not to observe a federal holiday. And, as is the case with a growing number of places, change the name and intent of the October holiday altogether.
Here's a list of states, cities and other local governments that have chosen to change Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day, as well as some places that don't observe the holiday at all.
States:
Vermont: Observes Indigenous Peoples' Day as of 2019
Though the state made the unofficial switch in 2016 through a gubernatorial proclamation, the legislature just passed a bill making the adoption of IPD official.
Maine: Observes Indigenous Peoples' Day as of 2019
New Mexico: Observes Indigenous Peoples' Day as of 2019
Alaska: Observes Indigenous Peoples' Day as of 2017
Governor Bill Walker also signed observances of the holiday in 2015 and 2016 before making the switch official in 2017.
South Dakota: Observes Native American Day as of 1990
Oregon: Observes Indigenous Peoples' Day as of 2017
Hawaii:Observes Discoverers' Day in place of Columbus Day
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Louisiana: Governor John Edwards announced the adoption of Indigenous Peoples' Day in September, 2019
Michigan: On October 14th, 2019, Governor Gretchen Whitmer declared the day to be Indigenous People's Day "to uplift our country's indigenous roots, history, and contributions."
Wisconsin: Governor Tony Evers established Indigenous People's Day via an executive order days before the observance in 2019.
Washington, D.C.: The DC Council voted to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous People's Day a few days before the 2019 observance.
North Carolina:Governor Roy Cooper has made yearly proclamations designating the second Monday in October as Indigenous People's Day.
Iowa: Iowa governor Kim Reynolds made a proclamation in 2018 designating Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Cities and counties
Note: Some of these places observe Indigenous People's Day. Others do not observe Columbus Day, and still others partake in alternate observances.
Flagstaff, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona
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Berkeley, California
Burbank, California
Long Beach, California
Santa Cruz, California
San Fernando, California
San Luis Obispo, California
Watsonville, California
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Boulder, Colorado
Denver, Colorado
Durango, Colorado
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South Fulton, Georgia
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Moscow, Idaho
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Evanston, Illinois
Oak Park, Illinois
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Davenport, Iowa
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Lawrence, Kansas
Wichita, Kansas
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Amherst, Massachusetts
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Northampton, Massachusetts
Somerville, Massachusetts
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Alpena, Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan
East Lansing, Michigan
Traverse City, Michigan
Ypsilanti, Michigan
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Minneapolis, Minnesota
Grand Rapids, Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota
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Bozeman, Montana
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Lincoln, Nebraska
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Durham, New Hampshire
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Newstead, New York
Ithaca, New York
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Carrboro, North Carolina
Asheville, North Carolina
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Columbus, Ohio
CincinnatiOhio
Oberlin, Ohio
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Anadarko, Oklahoma
El Reno, Oklahoma
Lawton, Oklahoma
Norman, Oklahoma
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
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Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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Nashville, Tennessee
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Austin, Texas
Bexar County, Texas
Dallas, Texas
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Salt Lake City, Utah
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Charlottesville, Virginia
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Olympia, Washington
Spokane, Washington
Bainbridge Island, Washington
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Alexandria, Virginia
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
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Madison, Wisconsin
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State Holidays
The Department of Human Services will be closed in observance of the following official state holidays:- New Year's Day, January 1.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Third Monday in January.
- Presidents Day, Third Monday in February.
- Memorial Day, Last Monday in May.
- Independence Day, July 4.
- Labor Day, First Monday in September.
- General Election Day, First Tuesday in November, even numbered years
- Veterans Day, November 11.
- Thanksgiving Day and the day after, the fourth Thursday and Friday in November.
- Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, December 24 and 25.
- New Year's Eve, December 31.
State office closings for state holidays are regulated by the Michigan Department of Civil Service Regulation 5.08.
Public Act 124 of 1865 is the Michigan law governing official state holidays.
The Professional Interpreter
Dear colleagues:
Many colleagues who live abroad, and others who live in the United States but grew up somewhere else, have asked me about the holidays in the United States. Many visitors to the U.S. are often confused when they see holidays where everything is closed, holidays where some things are closed, and holidays where everything is closed in one place and open somewhere else. I thought this was a good time to explain our unique holiday schedule because on the third Monday in February, we observe Presidents’ Day, our third federal holiday of the year. This apparent chaos is really a manifestation of the fifty states’ sovereign powers, and the result of the different history, culture, origins, interests, and values of each one.
The United States is a federation is columbus day a federal holiday in michigan fifty states and each state has its own legislation and decision-making process. Because of this system Americans have two types of holidays: Those determined by the United States Congress, and observed in all fifty states, are called federal holidays; and those that have been declared by state and local governments, and are only observed in a specific state, county, or city. The latter ones are state or local holidays. By comparison with other countries the United States has very few federal holidays, but the states are a different story.
All federal government offices close on federal holidays but the state and local governments remain open unless the federal holiday is also fidelity cash management account bank state holiday. Federal government offices continue to work on state holidays, and sometimes, only city or county offices may close for the day in observance of a local holiday to honor a local hero or commemorate an event of great importance at the city level. Unless they are government workers, Americans go to work on many holidays. To the foreign observer, a good rule to remember first state bank of central tx that on federal holidays, all federal government offices, banks, and the post office will be closed. On state holidays, all state government offices and public schools will be closed. The rest of the American people will have the day off during major federal holidays, and the citizens of a particular state will not have to work on a local holiday, even if the rest of the country does. It is only on major holidays, which are observed at the state and federal level, that everybody enjoys a day away from the workplace.
On January 1, 1971 Congress passed the “Uniform Monday Holiday Act” which shifted most holidays to a Monday in the month where the original holiday was observed. The states followed the same system shortly after. There are 11 federal holidays in the United States:
New Year’s Day. January 1*
Martin Luther King Is columbus day a federal holiday in michigan. Day. Third Monday in January
Presidents’ Day. Third Monday in February
Memorial Day. Last Monday in May*
Juneteenth. June 19 (Starting in 2021)
Independence Day. July 4*
Labor Day. First Monday in September*
Columbus Day. Second Monday in October
Veterans Day. November 11
Thanksgiving Day. Fourth Can you pay cricket bill with paypal in November*
Christmas Day. December 25*
*Major federal holidays.
All government offices are closed on them all.
Except for Presidents Day, Veterans Day, and Juneteenth National Independence Day, all 50 states observe the rest of the federal holidays as state holidays. The states that do not observe Presidents Day as a state holiday are:
Delaware
Georgia
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Wisconsin
Some states opted out of this holiday because they honor Washington and Lincoln on a different date.
The only state not to observe Veterans Day is Wisconsin. At the inception of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, some counties in Arizona considered not observing the holiday.
As of June 2021, Juneteenth is not observed in Hawaii, North Dakota, and South Dakota.
There are many reasons for the states’ holidays, some are historical, like Mississippi’s Robert E. Lee’s Birthday in January, Hawaii’s King Kamehameha Day in June, or Massachusetts’ Patriots Day in April. Other are cultural, like Does panda express take apple pay Cesar Chavez Is columbus day a federal holiday in michigan in May, or Maryland’s American Indian Heritage Day in November. Other holidays have a practical reason to exist, like Indiana’s Primary Election Day in May, and General Election Day in November; some are for convenience like designating the fourth Friday in November as a holiday, under different names, in many states, and some are religious, like Kansas’ Christmas Eve in December, or Delaware’s Good Friday. There are also local holidays observed in a particular city or county, not the rest of the state. To honor Casimir Pulaski (Kazimierz Pulaski), a War of Independence hero born in Poland, the City of Chicago, and Cook County, Illinois, observe Pulaski Day on the first Monday of every March. On that day, Chicago and Cook County government offices are closed, and children leaving in Chicago do not go to school.
Some states have no state holidays. The following States have no State holidays, only federal:
Arizona
Colorado
Florida
Idaho
Oregon
Wyoming
Also keep in mind there are certain “celebrations in the United States” that are treated like holidays even though they are not: Super Bowl Sunday in February, Cinco de Mayo in May, and St. Patrick’s Day in March are not official holidays and everybody works on those dates.
This is the complete list of all state holidays in the United States by state:
Alabama
Mon Jan 15 Robert E. Lee’s Birthday
Tue Feb 13 Mardi Grass Day
Mon Apr 23 Confederate Memorial Day
Mon Jun 4 Jefferson Davis Birthday
Alaska
Mon Mar 26 Seward’s Day
Thu Oct 18 Alaska Day
Arkansas
Mon Jan 15 Robert E. Lee’s Birthday
Mon Feb 19 Daisy Gatson Bates Day
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
California
Sun Feb 4 Rosa Parks Day
Sat Mar 31 Cesar Chavez Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Connecticut
Mon Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Fri Mar 31 Good Friday
Delaware
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Thu Nov 8 Return Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
District of Columbia
Mon Apr 16 DC Emancipation Day
Georgia
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Mon Apr 23 Confederate Memorial Day
Fri Nov 23 Georgia State Holiday
Mon Dec 24 Washington’s Birthday Holiday (Following year on Dec 26)
Hawaii
Mon Mar 26 Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Mon June 11 King Kamehameha Day
Fri Aug 17 Statehood Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Illinois
Mon Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Indiana
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Tue May is columbus day a federal holiday in michigan Primary Election Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Fri Nov 23 Lincoln’s Birthday Holiday
Mon Dec 24 Washington’s Birthday Holiday (Following year on Dec 26)
Iowa
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Kansas
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Kentucky
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Mon Dec 31 New Year’s Eve
Louisiana
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Tue Feb 13 Mardi Gras Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Maine
Mon Apr 16 Patriots Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Maryland
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Fri Nov 23 American Indian Heritage Day
Massachusetts
Mon Apr 16 Patriots Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Michigan
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Mon Dec 31 New Year’s Eve
Minnesota
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mississippi
Mon Jan 15 Robert E. Lee’s Birthday
Mon Apr 30 Confederate Memorial Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Missouri
Mon Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Tue May 8 Truman Day
Montana
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
Nebraska
Fri Apr 27 Arbor Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Nevada
Fri Oct 26 Nevada Day
Fri Nov 23 Family Day
New Hampshire
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
New Jersey
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
New Mexico
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Presidents Day Holiday
New York
Mon Feb 12 Lincoln’s Birthday
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
North Carolina
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Wed Dec 26 Christmas Holiday
North Dakota
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Ohio
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Sat Dec 1 Rosa Parks Day
Oklahoma
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Wed Dec 26 Christmas Holiday
Pennsylvania
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Rhode Island
*Does not observe Presidents Day
Mon Aug 13 Victory Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Tue Nov 6 General Election Day
South Carolina
Thu May 10 Confederate Memorial Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Wed Dec 26 Christmas Holiday
South Dakota
Mon Oct 8 Native American Day
Tennessee
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Wed Dec 26 Christmas Holiday
Texas
Fri Jan 19 Confederate Heroes Day
Fri Mar 2 Texas Independence Day
Fri Mar 30 Good Friday
Sat Mar 31 Cesar Chávez Day
Sat Apr 21 San Jacinto Day
Tue Jun 19 Juneteenth
Mon Aug 27 Lyndon B Johnson Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Wed Dec 26 Christmas Holiday
Utah
Tue Jul 24 Pioneer Day
Mon Oct homes for sale far west blvd austin tx Columbus Day
Vermont
Tue Mar 6 Town Meeting Day
Thu Aug 16 Bennington Battle Day
Virginia
Fri Jan 12 Lee-Jackson Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
WashingtonFri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
West VirginiaWed Jun 20 West Virginia Day
Mon Oct 8 Columbus Day
Fri Nov 23 Thanksgiving Friday
Wisconsin*Does not observe Presidents Day
*Does not observe Veterans Day
Mon Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Mon Dec 31 New Year’s Eve
I hope this brief explanation, and comprehensive holiday list, help you to understand better the holiday calendar of the United States. I now invite you to comment on this subject.
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Official Holidays
The holidays and the days they are observed are:
- New Year's Day, January 1.
- Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Third Monday in January.
- President's Day, Third Monday in February.
- Memorial Day, Last Monday in May.
- Independence Day, July 4.
- Labor Day, First Monday in September.
- General Election Day, even-numbered years
- Veterans Day, November 11.
- Thanksgiving Day and the day after, the fourth Thursday and Friday in November.
- Christmas Eve and Christmas Day, December 24 and 25.
- New Year's Eve, December 31.
The calendar dates for 2021 are:
- January 1
- January 18
- February 15
- May 31
- July 5
- September 6
- November 11
- November 25and 26
- December 23 and 24
- December 30 and 31
The calendar dates for 2022 are:
- January 17
- February 21
- May 30
- July 4
- September 5
- November 8
- November 11
- November 24 and 25
- December 23 and 26
- December 30 and January 2, 2023
State office closings for state holidays are regulated by the Michigan Department of Civil Service Regulation 5.08.
Public Act 124 of 1865 is the Michigan law governing official state holidays.
Monday’s federal holiday dedicated to Christopher Columbus is highlighting the ongoing divide between those who view the explorer as a representative of Italian American history and others horrified by an annual tribute that ignores native people whose lives and culture were forever changed by colonialism.
Spurred by national calls for racial equity, communities across the U.S. took a deeper look at Columbus’ legacy in recent years — pairing or replacing it with Indigenous Peoples Day.
On Friday, President Joe Biden issued the first presidential proclamation of “Indigenous Peoples’ Day,” the most significant boost yet to efforts to refocus the federal holiday celebrating Columbus.
But activists, including members of Native American tribes, said ending the formal holiday in Columbus’ name has been stymied by politicians and organizations focusing on Italian American heritage.
“The opposition has tried to paint Columbus as a benevolent man, similar to how white supremacists have painted Robert E. Lee,” Les Begay, Diné Nation member and co-founder of the Indigenous Peoples’ Day Coalition of Illinois, said, referring to the Civil War general who led the Confederate Army.
Columbus’ arrival began centuries of exploration and colonization by European nations, bringing violence, disease and other suffering to native people already living in the Western Hemisphere.
“Not honoring Indigenous peoples on this day just continues to erase our history, our contributions and the fact that we were the first inhabitants of this country,” Begay said.
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Kenney previously signed an executive order changing the city’s annual Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples Day. Monday will be the first city holiday under the new name.
“We have a mayor that’s doing everything he can to attack the Italian American community, including canceling its parade, removing statues, changing the Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples Day by fiat,” Bochetto said.
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In 2016, Lincoln, Nebraska, joined other cities adding Indigenous Peoples’ Day to the calendar on the same date as Columbus Day. Events on Monday will focus on the newer addition, including unveiling a statue honoring the first Native American physician, Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte.
Some feel a split day causes further harm. Activists plan a small protest outside the Robert V. Denney Federal Building, calling for an outright end to the holiday in Columbus’ name at all levels of government.
“It’s patently absurd to honor Indigenous people and the man who tortured and murdered their ancestors,” said Jackson Meredith, an organizer. “As far as we’re concerned, we’re going to keep protesting it until Columbus Day is abolished.”
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In May, Italian American activists complained after the Board of Education erased Christopher Columbus Day from the New York City school calendar, replacing it with “Indigenous People’s Day.” Following the outcry, the schools changed the designation to: “Italian Heritage Day/Indigenous People’s Day.”
Mayor Bill de Blasio said he supported the compromise.
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Chicago’s annual Columbus Day parade also returns Monday after the pandemic forced 2020’s cancellation of the event that draws 20,000 people. It’s a vivid reminder of the ongoing fight over three statues of Columbus, still warehoused by the city after protesters targeted them in summer 2020.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot in July 2020 ordered the statues removed and said demonstrations were endangering protesters and police.
She later created a committee to review monuments in the city, including the fate of Columbus monuments. No plans have been announced publicly, but the Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans that plans the Columbus Day parade this summer sued the city’s park district, demanding that one be restored.
Ron Onesti, the organization’s president, said the parade usually draws protesters and expects that on Monday too. He sees the holiday, parade and statues as a celebration of Italian Americans’ contributions to the U.S., not just Columbus.
“The outcome I’m looking for is (for) our traditions to be respected and conversations to continue,” Onesti said Saturday. “Every plaque that goes along with a statue says it recognizes the Italian community’s contributions. So people need to understand that’s why it’s there, and then let’s sit down and figure out where to go from here.”
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