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Maryland's legal 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. If a holiday falls on a Sunday, it is observed the following Monday (Chapter 422, Acts of 1994; Code 1957, Art. 1, sec. 27).
Skipjack Norman Lewis docked at Annapolis harbor, Annapolis, Maryland, April 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
**If the holiday falls on a Sunday, the observance is on the following Monday.
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2005
January 1 (Saturday)
New Year's Day
January 17 (Monday)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday*
February 12 (Saturday)
Lincoln's Birthday
February 21 (third Monday)
Presidents' Day
March 25
Good Friday
March 25 (Friday)
Maryland Day
May 30 (Monday)
Memorial Day*
July 4 (Monday)
Independence Day
September 5 (first Monday)
Labor Day
September 12 (Monday)
Defenders' Day
October 10 (Monday)
Columbus Day*
November 11 (Friday)
Veterans' Day
November 24 (fourth Thursday)
Thanksgiving Day
December 26 (Monday)
Christmas Day** (observed)
2004
January 1 (Thursday)
New Year's Day
January 19 (Monday)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday*
February 12 (Thursday)
Lincoln's Birthday
February 16 (third Monday)
Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
March 25 (Thursday)
Maryland Day
April 9
Good Friday
May 31 (Monday)
Memorial Day*
July 5 (Monday)
Independence Day**
September 6 (first Monday)
Labor Day
September 12
Defenders' Day
October 11 (Monday)
Columbus Day*
November 2 (Tuesday)
Election Day
November 11 (Thursday)
Veterans' Day
November 25 (fourth Thursday)
Thanksgiving Day
December 25 (Saturday)
Christmas Day
*If the U.S. Congress designates another day for observance, the day named by Congress becomes the legal date.
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