| Summer holiday (end) - Tuesday September 1, 2020 School holidays :
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| Labor Day - Monday September 7, 2020 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.
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| Columbus Day or Indigenous Peoples' Day - Monday October 12, 2020 Secular holiday : Commemorates the day explorer Christopher Columbus first landed in the West Indies on October 12, 1492. It is celebrated on October 12 in many American countries, but the United States and Colombia celebrate it on the 2nd Monday of October
or, in many cities, celebrates and honors the Indigenous peoples of America and commemorates their shared history and culture paid holiday in Samoa, United States of America, Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday November 1, 2020 Special Events :
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| Presidential election - Tuesday November 3, 2020 Special Events :
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| Thanksgiving (beginning) - Wednesday November 25, 2020 School holidays :
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| Thanksgiving - Thursday November 26, 2020 Secular holiday : Many Americans take the following day off and enjoy a four-day holiday. The first formal celebration was held by an English explorer, Martin Frobisher, who attempted to establish a settlement on Baffin Island, after failing to discover a northern passage to the Orient in 1576. The Pilgrims of Plymouth Rock held their Thanksgiving in 1621 as a three-day thank you celebration to the leaders of the Wampanoag Indian tribe and their families for teaching them the survival skills they needed to make it in the New World. The turkey tradition was introduced by Benjamin Franklin who made it a national symbol: quick runner, wary, sharp eyesight... The one-time holiday was declared by George Washington, whereas Abraham Lincoln elected the 4th Thursday in November.
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| Black Friday - Friday November 27, 2020 Special Events : Day of sales and bargains
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| Thanksgiving (end) - Monday November 30, 2020 School holidays :
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| Winter holiday (beginning) - Friday December 18, 2020 School holidays :
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| Christmas Eve - Thursday December 24, 2020 Secular holiday :
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| Christmas Day - Friday December 25, 2020 Catholic or protestant :
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| New Year's Eve - Thursday December 31, 2020 Secular holiday :
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