Public Holidays in United States - 2018

Christmas Day celebrates the Nativity of Jesus, the date of which according to tradition took place on 25th December 1 BC. Most countries around the world celebrate this event with a public holiday.

When is Thanksgiving 2018 and how is it celebrated in the United States of America?

Veterans Day honours all veterans of the United States armed forces. The date commemorates the cease-fire in the 1918 armistice which was scheduled for the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month.

Labor day is celebrated on the first Monday in September in the United States. It is a day set aside to pay tribute to working men and women and has been celebrated as a national holiday in the United States since 1894.

On July 4, 1776, the United States of America proclaimed its independence from England by signing the Declaration of Independence. By the 1870's, Independence Day had become the most important holiday on the American calendar.

Memorial Day is an American federal holiday on the last Monday in May. Originally called Decoration Day, it is a day of remembrance for those who have died in military service for the United States.

Find out the dates, history and background of the Martin Luther King Jr. Day Holiday celebration observed in the United States of America.

Background and History on the New Year's Day holiday celebration observed in most countries and regions.