Spring holiday (beginning)
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Wednesday march 27, 2024
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Maundy Thursday
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Thursday march 28, 2024
Catholic or protestant : Maundy Thursday: Commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus instituted the Holy Eucharist (Lord's Supper).
Good Friday
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Friday march 29, 2024
Catholic or protestant : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
Transfer Day
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Sunday march 31, 2024
Secular holiday : Bought by the USA from Denmark n March 31, 1917
Easter Monday
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Monday april 1, 2024
Catholic or protestant : In the year 325, the Council of Nicée determined a date fo Easter. Full Moon would fall the 14th day of a moon month (1). Easter would be marked by the dominical letter(2)and the epactus(3). With the establishment of the equinox ne variatur on March 21, algorithms where elaborated to attribuate a date for Easter whatever the year.
Time between two consecutive new moons: 20 days 12 hours 44 minutes 2.8 - Gives a letter code for the year's calendar Age of the moon on January 1st, minus one unity, 0 being the new moon's age.
Spring holiday (end)
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Tuesday april 2, 2024
School holidays :
International Rolex Regatta
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Tuesday april 2, 2024
Sports events : Www.ondecksailing.com/ lasts 3 days - 2024 edition confirmed
Mid-term holiday (beginning)
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Thursday april 25, 2024
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Carnival (first day)
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Friday april 26, 2024
Banks only :
Carnival (second day)
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Saturday april 27, 2024
Banks only :
Children's Day
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Friday may 3, 2024
Banks only :
Mid-term holiday (end)
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Monday may 6, 2024
School holidays :
Mothers' Day
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Sunday may 12, 2024
cards/flowers : Mothers day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mothers day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howes Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and womens suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mothers Day, with her Mothers Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mothers Day in 1914
Memorial Day
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Monday may 27, 2024
Secular holiday : Observed on the last Monday in May in most of the United States, in honour of the nations armed services personnel killed in wartime and the deceased in general. Created after the Civil War, it is traditionally marked by parades, memorial speeches
Summer holiday (beginning)
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Thursday may 30, 2024
School holidays :
Fathers' Day
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Sunday june 16, 2024
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Organic Day Act
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Monday june 17, 2024
Culture : The US Congress enacted the Organic Act setting the government of the Virgin Islands on July 22, 1954
Emancipation Day
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Wednesday july 3, 2024
Secular holiday : End of slavery in the Danish West Indies granted in 1848.
Independence Day
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Thursday july 4, 2024
Secular holiday : Commemorates the formal adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. The Fourth is traditionally celebrated publicly with parades and pageants, patriotic speeches, and organized firing of guns and cannons and displays of fireworks.
Hurricane Supplication Day
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Monday july 22, 2024
Culture : Officially, hurricane season is June 1 through November 30th, however this is the day the Virgin Islands set aside for prayer.
Summer holiday (end)
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Monday august 26, 2024
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Labor Day
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Monday september 2, 2024
Secular holiday : Celebrated on the first Monday in September with parades. For most Americans, it marks the end of summer holidays, and for many students the beginning of the classes.
Arbor Day
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Friday september 27, 2024
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