Every person enjoys holidays, particularly national holidays. Because those are the ones which are compulsory and no business organization can ask its employees to work that day. Every person plans their year based on the holiday list and hence, it truly is quite awaited, specifically at the end of a year and in the beginning of a new one. Within the post below, you may get a complete list of US national holidays (2011), as per the federal holidays 2011 declared by the United States Office of Personnel Management. You can go by way of these dates, and begin your year round planning.

US National Holidays for 2011

The complete list of US national holidays for the year 2011 is given below. Do note that US public holidays and national holidays may not always be the identical. Within the sense that all the national holidays are definitely public holidays, but all public holidays are not necessarily national holidays. So, let us see the national holidays that await you this year.31st December 2010: New Years Day. Considering that the 1st of January 2011 is a Saturday (which is a holiday by default), the holiday for New Year’s has been declared on the 31st of December 2010.17th January: The third Monday, every year is observed as a national holiday, celebrating Martin Luther King Day. This day honors Martin Luther King Jr.21st February: Washington Day. Every single third Monday of February is celebrated as Washington Day in honor of George Washington. It’s also called President’s Day in quite some states of the country.30th May: Memorial Day, the last Monday in May possibly, is yet another essential national holiday which is observed in the United States. This day is observed as a symbol of respect and honor for all of the people who lost their lives in the American Civil War.4th July: American Independence Day. As the name suggests, this day represents the day the United States of America was born.5th September: This day is celebrated to pay respects to the working class of the country as could be concurred from its history.10th October: Columbus Day is celebrated on the second Monday in October each year to signify the day that the great explorer, Christopher Columbus made his foray into America.11th November: Veteran’s Day falls on the very same day every year. Why do we celebrate Veteran’s Day? To pay our respects to the veterans of all wars. Though initially it was just for Globe War I veterans, today it honors the soldiers of all wars.24th November: Thanksgiving Day is actually a national holiday that falls on the fourth Thursday each year. On this day, individuals supply their thanks and gratitude to God for every little thing that we have.26th December: Though the holiday for Christmas is on the 25th; in 2011, the 25th is a Sunday. Hence, the holiday for Christmas has been given on the proceeding Monday, the 26th of December.Though the list above has all the holidays that are binding on every citizen of America, there are certain much more holidays, which are declared according to the decisions taken by the state governments too. They are as follows:2nd February: Groundhog Day12th February: Lincoln’s Birthday22nd April: Great Friday24th April: Easter8th Might: Mother’s Day14th June: Flag Day31st October: Halloween20th November: HanukkahThese holidays could differ from state to state, hence they don’t appear within the list of holidays mentioned above. So, do refer to the holidays that your state has declared just before making any critical plans for vacations, business meetings, weddings and so on.

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