Holidays in USA

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  1. 4. a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, Liberia, and unofficially in countries like Brazil and Philippines. It is also observed in the Dutch town of Leiden and the Australian territory of Norfolk Island. It began as a day of giving thanks for the blessings of the harvest and of the preceding year (Similarly named harvest festival holidays occur throughout the world during autumn, including in Germany and Japan.).
  2. 6. a national holiday in many countries of the Americas and elsewhere, and a federal holiday in the United States, which officially celebrates the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas.
  3. 9. a federal holiday in the United States celebrated on the first Monday in September to honor and recognize the American labor movement and the works and contributions of laborers to the development and achievements of the United States.
  4. 10. a federal holiday in the United States for honoring and mourning the U.S. military personnel who died while serving in the United States Armed Forces.From 1868 to 1970, it was observed on May 30. Since 1971, it is observed on the last Monday of May.
  5. 11. a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints' Day.
  6. 12. a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces (who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable).
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  1. 1. known colloquially as the Fourth of July, is a federal holiday in the United States commemorating the Declaration of Independence, which was ratified by the Second Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States of America.
  2. 2. an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25[a] as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.
  3. 3. a day between 73 and 79 days after the presidential election, when the elected president of the United States is inaugurated as president by taking the presidential oath of office.
  4. 5. the time or day at which a new calendar year begins and the calendar's year count increments by one.
  5. 7. a day, celebrated on June 14. It commemorates the adoption of the flag of the United States on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second Continental Congress.
  6. 8. a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War, presided at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, and was the first U.S. president.