A list of United States federal holidays in 2017 is shown below. For convenience, the number of days left to a holiday date is also provided. Federal holidays are public holidays established for federal employees in the Federal law (5 United States Code 6103) by the United States Congress. Employees are paid for the holidays.
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New Year's Day
2017 Sunday,
January 1
(January 2**) -
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr.
2017 Monday,
January 16 -
Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
2017 Monday,
February 20 -
Memorial Day
2017 Monday,
May 29 -
Independence Day
2017 Tuesday,
July 4 -
Labor Day
2017 Monday,
September 4 -
Columbus Day
2017 Monday,
October 9 -
Veterans Day
2017 Saturday,
November 11
(November 10**) 3 weeks & 3 days (24 days) left -
Thanksgiving Day
2017 Thursday,
November 23 5 weeks & 1 day (36 days) left -
Christmas
2017 Monday,
December 25 9 weeks & 5 days (68 days) left
**If a federal holiday falls on Saturday it is usually observed on Friday (the day before), and when it falls on Sunday it is observed the following Monday. The dates the federal holidays are observed are shown in parentheses.
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- "New Years Eve 2011 London" By Sean MacEntee (CC BY 2.0)
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