Independence Day, commonly known as the Fourth of July, is a federal hol iday in the United States commemorating the adoption of the Declaration of Independenc e on July 4, 1776, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Independence Day is commonly associated wit h firewo rks, parades, barbecues, carnivals, fairs, picnics, concerts, baseball games, family reunions, and political speeches and ceremonies, in addition to various other public and private events celebrat ing the history, government, and traditions of the United States. Independe nce Day is the national day of the United States.[1][2][3 ]
During the American Revolution, the legal separation of the Thirteen Colonies from Great Br
itain occurred on July 2, 1776, when the Second
Continental Congress voted to approve a resolution of independence that had been proposed in June by Richard Henry Lee of Virginia de
claring the United States independent from Great Britain.[4][5] After voting for independence,
Congress turned its attention to the Declaration of Independence, a statement explaining
this decision, which had been prepared by a Committee of Five,
with Thomas Jefferson as its principal author. Congress debated a
nd revised the Declaration, finally approving it on July 4. A day later, John Ada
ms had written to his wife Abigail:
Victory Day is a common name of many different pub lic holidays in various countries to commemorate victories in important battles or wars in the countries' history.
This national holiday was established to commemorate the end of the Khme r Rouge regime in 1979.
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Admission Day or Statehood Day is a legal
holiday in the state of Hawaii in the United States. It is celebrated annually o
n the third Friday in August to commemorate the anniversary of the 1959 adm
ission of Hawaii into the Union.
Statehood bills for Hawaii were intr oduced into the U.S. Congress as early as 1919 by Pri nce Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole, the non-voting delegates Hawaii sent to the U .S. Congress. Additional bills were introduced in 1935, 1947 and 1950. In 1 959, the U.S. Congress approved the statehood bill. This was followed by a refere ndum in which Hawaiian residents voted 94% in support of statehood (the ballot question was: "Shall Hawaii immediately be admitted into the Union as a state?"), and on August 21, 1959 (the third Friday in August), Preside nt Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a proclamation making Hawa ii the 50th state.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260620T105505Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Labor Day (September 7th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Labor-Day-SepM1 DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20260907 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Labor-Day-SepM1-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Labor Day is a United States federal holiday observed on the first Monday i n September (September 3 in 2012) that celebrates the economic and social c ontributions of workers.
Recent research indicates that, in 1882, Mat thew Maguire, a machinist, first proposed the holiday while serving as secr etary of the CLU (Central Labor Union) of New York.[1] Others argue that it was first proposed by Peter J. McGuire o f the American Federation of Labor in May 1882,[2] after witnessing the annual labor festival held in Toronto, Canada.< a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labor_day#cite_note-origins-2">[ 3]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260620T105505Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Election Day (November 3rd, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Election-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261103 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Election-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Election Day in the United States is the day set by law for the general elections of publ ic officials. It occurs on the Tuesday after the first Monday in Novemb er. The earliest possible date is November 2 and the latest possible date i s November 8. The next election will be held on November 6, 2012.
For federal offices (Presid ent, Vice President, an d United States Congress), Election Day occurs only i n even-numbered years. Presiden tial elections are held every four years, in years evenly divisible by four, in which electors for Pre sident and Vice President are chosen according to the method determined by each state. Elections to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate are held every two years; all Representatives serve two- year terms and are up for election every two years, while Senators serve si x-year terms, staggered so that one-third of Senators are elected in any gi ven general election. General elections in which presidential can didates are not on the ballot are referred to as midterm elections. Terms for those elected begin in January the following year; the President and Vice President are inaugurated ("sworn in") on Inauguration Day, usually January 20 .
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260620T105505Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Veterans Day (November 11th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Veterans-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261111 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Veterans-Day-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Veterans Day, formerly Armistice Day, is an annual United States holiday honoring armed service vetera ns. It is a federal holiday that is observed on November 11. It coincides with other holidays such as Armistice Day or Remembrance Day , which are celebrated in other parts of the world and also mark the an niversary of the signing of the Armistice that ended World War I. (Major hostil ities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day o f the 11th month of 1918 with the German signing of the Armistice.)
< p>U.S. President Woodrow Wilson first proclaimed Armistice Day for No vember 11, 1919. In proclaiming the holiday, he said END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260620T105505Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Thanksgiving (November 26th, 2026 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Thanksgiving DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20261126 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Thanksgiving-00002026 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:October 8, 2012 (Canada);
November 1, 2012 (Liberia);
November 28, 2012 (Norfolk Island);
October 14, 2013 (Canada);November 7, 2013 (Liberia);
November 27, 2013 (Norfolk Island);
Christmas or Christmas Day (Old English: Cr
9;stesmæsse, literally "Christ's mass") is an annual commemora
tion of the birth of Jesus Christ,[5][6
] celebrated generally on December 25[2][3][4] a
s a religious and cultural holiday by billions of peopl
e around the world. A feast central to the
Ch
ristian liturgical year, it closes the Advent season and initiates the twelve days of Christmastide.[7]<
/a> Christmas is a civil holiday in many of the world's nations,[8][9][10] is celebrated by an increasing number of non-Christians,[1][11][12] and is an integral part
of the Christmas and holiday season.
The precise year of Jesus' birth, which some histo
rians place between 7 and 2 BC, is unknown.[13]
New Year's Day is observed on January 1, the first d ay of the year on the modern Gregorian calendar as well as th e Julian calendar used in ancient Rome. With most countries using the Gregorian calendar as their main calendar, New Year's Day is the close st thing to being the world's only truly global public holiday, often celebrated wi th firew orks at the stroke of midnight as the new year starts. January 1 on the J ulian calendar currently corresponds to January 14 on the Gregorian c alendar, and it is on that date that followers of some of the Eastern Orthodox churches celebrate the New Year. New Year's Day is a postal holiday in the United States.[1]
The Romans dedicated this day to Jan us, the god of gates, doors, and beginnings. After Julius Caesar reform ed the calendar in 46 BC and was subsequently murdered, the Roman Senate vo ted to deify him on the 1st January 42 BC < span>[2] in honor of his life and his institu tion of the new rationalized calendar.[3] The month originally owes its name to th e deity Janus, who had two faces, one looking forward and the other looking backward. This suggests that New Year's celebrations are founded on pagan traditions. Some have suggested this occurred in 153 BC, when it was stipulated that the two annual consuls (after whose names the years were identified) entered into off ice on that day, though no consensus exists on the matter.[4] Dates in March, coin ciding with the spring equinox, or commemorating the Annunciation of Jesus, along with a variety of Christian feast dates were used throughout the Middle Ages, though calendars often continued to display the months in columns runni ng from January to December.[citation needed]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260620T105505Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Martin Luther King Day (January 18th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Martin-Luther-King-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270118 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Martin-Luther-King-Day-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Martin Luther King, Jr. Day is a United States federal holiday marking the birthday of Rev. Dr. Martin Luthe r King, Jr. It is observed on the third Monday of January each year, wh ich is around the time of King's birthday, January 15. The floating holiday is similar to holidays set under the Uniform Mon day Holiday Act, though the act predated the establishment of Martin Lu ther King, Jr. Day by 15 years.
King was the chief spokesman for nonviole nt activism in the civil rights movement, which succes sfully protested racial discrimination in federal and state law. The campai gn for a federal holiday in King's honor began soon after his assassination in 1968. Ronald Reagan signed the holiday into law in 1983, and it was first observed o n January 20, 1986. At first, some states resisted observing the holiday as such, giving it alternative names or combining it with other holidays. It was officially observed in all 50 states for the first time in 2000.
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260620T105505Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Good Friday (March 26th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Good-Friday DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270326 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Good-Friday-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:April 6 (Western)
Good Frida
y (from the senses pious, holy of the word "good"),[1] is a religious holiday observed primarily by Christians commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and his death at Calvary. The holiday is ob
served during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum on the Friday pr
eceding Easter Sunday, and may coincide with the Je
wish observance of Passover. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Fri
day, Black Friday,[2
Prince Kūhiō Day is an official holiday in the sta
te of Hawai
It is one of only two holidays in the United Stat es dedicated to royalty, the other being Hawaiʻ< /span>i's King Kamehameha Day June 11.[1]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260620T105505Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Memorial Day (May 31st, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Memorial-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270531 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Memorial-Day-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday observed annually on the la
st Monday of May (May 28 in 2012).[1] Formerly known as Decoration Day, it orig
inated after the American Civil War to commemorate the fallen
Union soldiers of the Civil War. (Southern ladies organizations and southe
rn schoolchildren had decorated Confederate graves in Richmond and other ci
ties during the Civil War, but each region had its own date. Most dates wer
e in May.) By the 20th century Memorial Day had been extended to honor all
Americans who have died in all wars. Memorial Day is a day of remembering t
he men and women who died while serving in the Un
ited States Armed Forces.[2
By the early 20th centu ry, Memorial Day was an occasion for more general expressions of memory, as people visited the graves of their deceased relatives, whether they had se rved in the military or not. It also became a long weekend increasingly dev oted to shopping, family gatherings, fireworks, trips to the beach, and nat ional media events such as the Indianapolis 500 auto race, held s ince 1911 on the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend.[3]
END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260620T105505Z CATEGORIES:Days Until CLASS:PUBLIC ORGANIZER:DaysUntil.com SUMMARY:Kamehameha Day (June 11th, 2027 at midnight) URL:http://www.DaysUntil.com/Kamehameha-Day DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20270611 DURATION:P1D TRANSP:TRANSPARENT UID:DaysUntil.com-Kamehameha-Day-00002027 DESCRIPTION:X-WR-CALDESC:Kamehameha Day on June 11 is a public holiday of the state of Hawaii in the United States. It honors Kamehameha the Great, t he monarch who first established the unified Kingdom of Hawaiʻi — comprising the Hawaiian Islands of Niʻihau, Kauaʻi, O&# 699;ahu, Molokaʻi, LānaE 9;i, Kahoʻolawe, Maui and Hawaiʻi. While he was king, Hawaii was a center of the fur and sandalwood trade. Pineapples were brought to Hawaii from Spain in 181 3 and coffee was first planted in 1818, a year before he died. In 1883 a st atue of King Kamehameha I was dedicated in Honolulu by King David Kalā kaua (this was duplicate, because the original statue was lost at sea). There is another duplicate of this statue in Emancipation Hall at the Capitol Visitor Center in Washington, D.C.
The holiday was first established by royal decree of the ruling great grandson Kamehameha V on 1871.[1] The first obser vance of the holiday happened the following year. Late 19th century celebra tions of Kamehameha Day featured carnivals and fairs, foot races, horse rac es and velocipede races. Kamehameha Day was one of the first holidays proclai med by the Governor of Hawaiʻi< /a> and the Hawaiʻi State Legislature when Hawaiʻi achie ved statehood in 1959.
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