U.S. state holiday

In this article, "U.S. state holiday" means a legal holiday that is celebrated only within a particular U.S. state, as opposed to a federal holiday that is also established as a state holiday. Holidays of this class are not observed by the U.S. federal government, so that state government offices will be closed but federal government offices will be open.
Special Holidays by State
California
* César Chávez's birthday (March 31)
Colorado
* César Chávez's birthday (March 31)
Georgia
* Georgia Day (February 12)
Hawaii
* Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day (March 26)
* Kamehameha Day (June 11)
* Statehood Day (August 15)
Illinois
* Casimir Pulaski Day (First Monday in March, currently only an official holiday in the city of Chicago)
* Lincoln's Birthday (February 12)
Maine
* Patriot's Day (April 19)
Minnesota
* Christmas Day (December 25)
Massachusetts
* Patriot's Day (April 19)
* Evacuation Day (March 17) is not a state holiday, as it is only recognized in Suffolk County.
* Juneteenth (June 19)
Nevada
* Nevada Day October 31st — observed the last Friday in October
North Carolina
* Halifax Day (April 12)
Rhode Island
* Victory Day (the second Monday of August)
Tennessee
* Legal Holidays. According to State law, when any one of the holidays set aside as a legal holiday falls on a Sunday, then the following Monday is substituted; when any of the legal holidays falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is substituted. State law also provides that all days appointed by the Governor of Tennessee or the President of the United States as days of fasting or thanksgiving, and all days set apart by law for holding county, state, or national elections are "made legal holidays."
** New Year's Day (January 1)
** Martin Luther King Day (Third Monday in January)
** Presidents' Day (Third Monday in February)
** Good Friday (Friday before Easter)
** Memorial Day (Last Monday in May)
** Independence Day (July 4)
** Labor Day (First Monday in September)
** Columbus Day (Second Monday in October)
** Veterans Day (November 11)
** Thanksgiving (Fourth Thursday)
** Christmas Day (December 25)
* Days of Special Observance. Under State law, it is the duty of the Governor to proclaim these days as days of special observance and invite the people of Tennessee to observe these days in schools, churches, and other suitable places with appropriate ceremonies expressive of the public sentiment befitting the anniversary of such dates.
** Robert E. Lee Day (January 19)
** Franklin D. Roosevelt Day (January 30)
** Abraham Lincoln Day (February 12)
** Harriet Tubman Day (March 10)
** Vietnam Veterans Day (March 29)
** Patriots' Day (April 19)
** Memorial Day (April 28)
** Mothers' Day (Second Sunday of May)
** Bluegrass Day (Fourth Saturday in May)
** Statehood Day (June 1)
** Confederate Decoration Day (June 3)
** John Sevier Day (June 23)
** Scottish & Scots-Irish Heritage Day (June 24)
** Nathan Bedford Forrest Day (July 13)
** Emancipation Day (August 8)
** Family Day (Last Sunday of August)
** Tennessee & U.S. Constitutions Day (September 17)
** American Indian Day (Fourth Monday in September)
** Memorial Day (October 9)
Texas
* Confederate Heroes Day (January 19)
* Texas Independence Day (March 2)
* Cesar Chavez Day (March 31)
* Good Friday
* San Jacinto Day (April 21)
* Emancipation Day in Texas (June 19)
* Lyndon Baines Johnson Day (August 27)
* Rosh Hashanah
* Yom Kippur
* Friday after Thanksgiving (4th Friday in November)
* Days before and after Christmas (December 24, 26)
:Note: Texas also recognizes New Year's Day; Martin Luther King, Jr. Day; Presidents' Day; Memorial Day; Independence Day; Veterans Day; Thanksgiving Day; and Christmas as state holidays.
Utah
* (July 24th)
Vermont
* Bennington Battle Day (August 16th)
Virginia
* Lee-Jackson Day celebrates the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and . It is observed on the Friday before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. This results in a four day weekend for institutions that observe state holidays.

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