| Summer holiday (beginning) - Friday June 8, 2018 School holidays :
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| Juneteenth - Wednesday June 19, 2019 Culture : In 1980, Texas became the first state to officially recognize Juneteenth. It remains the only state that observes the holiday as a day off for state workers. Florida and Oklahoma proclaimed Juneteenth a day of observance in the 1990s, and other 22 states have made similar proclamations since 2000 All States except Am. Samoa, AZ, HI, MD, MP, MT, ND, NH, SD, TX, UT, Virg. Is., Wake Is.
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| Milwaukee Musicfest - Thursday June 28, 2018 Culture : Lasts 10 days
http://www.summerfest.com/ 2018 edition confirmed
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| Independence Day - Wednesday July 4, 2018 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.
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| Air Show - Monday July 23, 2018 Sports events : Lasts one week
http://www.eaa.org/en/airventure in OSHKOSH confirmed till 2018
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| Oshkosh Air Adventure - Monday July 23, 2018 Sports events :
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| Labor Day - Monday September 3, 2018 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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| Summer holiday (end) - Tuesday September 4, 2018 School holidays :
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| Columbus Day - Monday October 8, 2018 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. paid holiday in Samoa, United States of America, Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Utah, Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
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| Daylight Saving Time - Sunday November 4, 2018 Special Events :
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| Optional holiday - Monday November 12, 2018 Banks only : Formerly Armistice Day, is a holiday observed on November 11 in honour of all those, living and dead, who served with U.S. armed forces in wartime. Armistice Day, the forerunner of Veterans Day, was proclaimed to commemorate the termination of World War I Some banks, post office and governement close, but businesses, more and more, remain open, as well as universities.
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| Thanksgiving (beginning) - Wednesday November 21, 2018 School holidays :
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| Thanksgiving - Thursday November 22, 2018 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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| Thanksgiving (end) - Monday November 26, 2018 School holidays :
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| Winter holiday (beginning) - Friday December 21, 2018 School holidays :
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| Christmas Eve - Monday December 24, 2018 Secular holiday :
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| Christmas Day - Tuesday December 25, 2018 Catholic or protestant : Since pre-historic times in Europe, festivities (bonfires, offrerings) were marking the beginning of longer hours of daylight with fires and ritual. The Roman festival of Saturnalia lasted several days in December (gambling and offerings). Germanic tribes also celebrated mid-winter (drinking and rituals). The Bulgarian (with Koleduvane) and the Polish (with Gwiazdka) perpetuate this tradition. Jesus of Nazareth was probably born in springtime (Reformists favour autumn). But in the 4th century, December 25th was chosen for the celebration of his birth by Pope Julius I (Bishop Liberus is also mentioned in 354 A.D.). Thus, a Christian element was introduced in the long-established mid-winter festivals. Before 1582, the Papal States and other Italian city states celebrated New Year’s Day on Christmas Day.
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| New Year's Eve - Monday December 31, 2018 Secular holiday :
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