HOLIDAYS

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

Maryland's legal holidays include each statewide general election day, and each other day that the President of the United States or the Governor designates for general cessation of business. If a holiday falls on a Sunday, it is observed the following Monday (Chapter 422, Acts of 1994; Code 1957, Art. 1, sec. 27).

1999
January 1	New Year's Day
January 15	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday*
February 12	Lincoln's Birthday
February 15 (third Monday)	Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
March 25	Maryland Day
April 2	Good Friday
May 30	Memorial Day*
July 4	Independence Day
September 6 (first Monday)	Labor Day
September 12	Defenders' Day
October 12	Columbus Day*
November 2	Election Day
November 11	Veterans' Day
November 25 (fourth Thursday)	Thanksgiving Day
December 25	Christmas Day

*If the U.S. Congress designates another day for observance, the day named by Congress becomes the legal date.

HOLIDAYS

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

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