Easter holiday (end)
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Monday april 1, 2024
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Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 3, 2024
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Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
Secular holiday :
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday may 13, 2024
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Summer holiday (beginning)
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Friday may 24, 2024
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Memorial Day
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Monday may 27, 2024
Secular holiday : Observed on the last Monday in May in most of the United States, in honour of the nations armed services personnel killed in wartime and the deceased in general. Created after the Civil War, it is traditionally marked by parades, memorial speeches
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
Secular holiday : paid holiday
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
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Juneteenth National Freedom Day
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Wednesday june 19, 2024
Banks only : To remember and honor the freeing, in Galveston, Texas, in 1865, of the last slaves in the United States from 2019 on
St John Baptist Day (San Juan only)
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Monday june 24, 2024
Catholic : Christian observance to remember the beheading of John who protested against the morality of king Herod. San Juan only
Independence Day
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Thursday july 4, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.
Luis Muñoz Rivera's birthday
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Monday july 15, 2024
Culture : Patriot and journalist (1859-1916)
Constitution Day
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Thursday july 25, 2024
Banks only : In 1950, the U.S. Congress passed a law authorizing Puerto Rico to draft a constitution. This is often a step toward statehood. In this case, Congress didnt mention statehood.
For two years, Puerto Rico worked on the constitution. Congress required some changes and the constitution was ratified by the voters of Puerto Rico. President Truman sent the document to the U.S. Congress for approval in April. More changes were required, made, and ratified. In July of 1952, Puerto Rico had a constitution of her own. observed from 2022
Constitution Day
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Thursday july 25, 2024
Culture : Commemorates the anniversary of the day in 1952 when Puerto Rico became a commonwealth with the proclamation of their constitution. The United States had acquired the island after the Spanish-American war, and did not allow self-government until the 1950's, when their constitution was written. Also known as Commonwealth Day, or Occupation Day in commemoration of the US troops landing on the island on this day in 1898 (shagtown.com)
José Celso Barbosa' birthday
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Saturday july 27, 2024
Banks only : July 27, 1857 September 21, 1921) was a medical Physician, sociologist, and political leader of Puerto Rico. Known within Puerto Rico's New Progressive Party as The father of the Statehood for Puerto Rico movement ,[1] Barbosa was also the first Puerto Rican earn a medical degree in the United States. [Wikipedia]
Regional holiday
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Friday august 9, 2024
Secular holiday : Ponce de León Day in Ponce de León only
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday august 12, 2024
School holidays :
Labor Day
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Monday september 2, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrated on the first Monday in September with parades. For most Americans, it marks the end of summer holidays, and for many students the beginning of the classes.
Columbus Day
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Saturday october 12, 2024
Banks only : Commemorates the day explorer Christopher Columbus first landed in the West Indies on October 12, 1492. It is celebrated on October 12 in many American countries, but the United States and Colombia celebrate it on the 2nd Monday of October. banks & civil servants only
Columbus Day
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Monday october 14, 2024
Banks only : Commemorates the day explorer Christopher Columbus first landed in the West Indies on October 12, 1492. It is celebrated on October 12 in many American countries, but the United States and Colombia celebrate it on the 2nd Monday of October. banks & civil servants only