MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

HOLIDAYS

STATE EMPLOYEE HOLIDAYS

[photo, State House (from Francis St.), Annapolis, Maryland] In Maryland, State employee 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 (Chapter 347, Acts of 1996; Code State Personnel and Pensions Article, sec. 9-201). Several holidays formerly observed for State employees were abolished as such in 1996. These included Lincoln's Birthday (Feb. 12), Maryland Day (March 25), Good Friday, and Defender's Day (Sept. 12) (Chapter 347, Acts of 1996).

State House (from Francis St.), Annapolis, Maryland, July 2010. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

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January 1 (Thursday) New Year's Day
January 19 (third Monday) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday (observed)
February 16 (third Monday) Presidents' Day
May 25 (last Monday) Memorial Day
June 19 (Friday) Juneteenth National Independence Day*
July 3* (Friday) Independence Day
September 7 (first Monday) Labor Day
October 12 (second Monday) Columbus Day
November 11 (Wednesday) Veterans' Day
November 26 (fourth Thursday) Thanksgiving Day
November 27 (fourth Friday) American Indian Heritage Day
December 25 (Friday) Christmas Day

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