National Holidays

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National Holidays
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Presidents Day

• Washington's Birthday is the
• official name designated to
• what many of us know as
• President's Day. During the
• month of February the
• birthday of two of our
• Greatest President's takes
• place. Both George
• Washington who was
• born on Feb. 22nd and
• Abraham Lincoln born on
• Feb. 12th. It is celebrated
• On the third Monday in
• February.

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Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

• King was the chief
• spokesman for nonviolent
• activism in the civil rights
• movement, which successfully
• protested racial discrimination
• in federal and state law.
• marking the birthdate of Rev.
• Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.,
• observed on the third Monday
• of January each year, around
• the time of King's birthday,
• January 15

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Veterans Day

• Veterans Day is a day
• to honor the veterans
• who have served in our
• United States Military.
• These men and women
• have served in the Army,
• Marines, Navy, and Air
• Force. In May of 1938,
• November 11, became
• known as a day to be
• dedicated to the cause of
• world peace and to be
• thereafter celebrated and
• known as 'Armistice Day'."

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Memorial Day

• Memorial Day, originally called
• Decoration Day, is a day of
• remembrance for those who
• Have died in our nation's
• service. Memorial Day was
• officially proclaimed on
• May 5, 1868 by General John
• Logan. It is observed
• on the last Monday in May.
• People often place flowers on
• the graves of soldiers.

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Constitution Day

• On September 17,
• 1787, the delegates to
• the Constitutional
• Convention met for the last
• time to sign the document
• they had created. The
• Constitution is the supreme
• law of the United States.
• Constitution Day is
• observed every September
• 17th.

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Labor Day

• Labor Day is a day when everyone
• in the United States celebrates the
• Hard work that people have done
• and are doing to help the
• economy. The economy is how
• people use their resources to meet
• their needs. Selling products to
• make money and buying products
• To use. Labor Day is observed on
• the first Monday is September.

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Independence Day

• Independence Day is also
• known as the 4th of July.
• Independence Day
• celebrates when the original
• thirteen colonies became
• their own states as part of
• the United States of
• America. This national
• holiday is celebrated on the
• 4th of July with fireworks,
• parades, and barbeques.

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Columbus Day

• Columbus Day
• celebrates the
• anniversary of when
• Columbus arrived in the
• Americas in 1492. It
• became a national
• holiday in the year
• Columbus Day is
• celebrated the second
• Monday in October.