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MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

HOLIDAYS

LEGAL HOLIDAYS


[photo, Skipjack Norman Lewis docked at Annapolis harbor, Annapolis, Maryland]
  • 2005
  • 2004
  • 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.


    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

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