The new year is nearly here, which means Americans will soon have an entire calendar’s worth of federal holidays to look forward to.
At midnight on December 31, individuals around the world will celebrate the start of 2023. The date also marks the arrival of the first federal holiday of the year in the US, New Year’s Day on January 1.
However, because New Year’s Day falls on a Sunday in 2023, the holiday will be officially observed on Monday, January 2nd.
First introduced by Congress in 1885 when it was decided that federal employees should have certain days off from work, the list of US federal holidays is made up of 11 days of significance that Americans recognize and celebrate.
Here’s the federal holidays list in US:
- New Year’s Day – January 1
- Martin Luther King’s Birthday – 3rd Monday in January
- Washington’s Birthday – 3rd Monday in February
- Memorial Day – last Monday in May
- Juneteenth National Independence Day – June 19
- Independence Day – July 4
- Labor Day – 1st Monday in September
- Columbus Day – 2nd Monday in October
- Veterans’ Day – November 11
- Thanksgiving Day – 4th Thursday in November
- Christmas Day – December 25
[…] One of the important stock market holidays that investors look forward to is Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which is the third Monday of January. The stock market is closed on this day, so investors will not be able to buy or sell shares. Additionally, Wall Street is also closed on this day, as it is a federal holiday. […]