United States 2021 public holidays
include the date and name of national public holidays, local holidays and traditional holidays
1 2021 |
New Year | 2021-01-01 | FRIDAY | Federal holiday |
| Epiphany | 2021-01-06 | WEDNESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Orthodox Christmas Day | 2021-01-07 | THURSDAY | Orthodox festival | |
| Stephen Foster Memorial Day | 2021-01-13 | WEDNESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Orthodox New Year | 2021-01-14 | THURSDAY | Orthodox festival | |
| Lee-Jackson Day | 2021-01-15 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Robert E. Lee's Birthday | 2021-01-18 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Day | 2021-01-18 | MONDAY | Federal holiday | |
| Idaho Human Rights Day | 2021-01-18 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Civil Rights Day | 2021-01-18 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Confederate Heroes' Day | 2021-01-19 | TUESDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Robert E. Lee's Birthday | 2021-01-19 | TUESDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Arbor Day | 2021-01-28 | THURSDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Kansas Day | 2021-01-29 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
2 2021 |
Liberty Day | 2021-02-01 | MONDAY | Holiday or anniversary |
| Groundhog Day | 2021-02-02 | TUESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Rosa Parks Day | 2021-02-04 | THURSDAY | Local festival | |
| National Wear Red Day | 2021-02-05 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Super Bowl | 2021-02-07 | SUNDAY | Sports events | |
| Chinese New Year | 2021-02-12 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Lincoln's Birthday | 2021-02-12 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Lincoln's Birthday | 2021-02-12 | FRIDAY | Local festival | |
| Valentine's Day | 2021-02-14 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Statehood Day | 2021-02-14 | SUNDAY | Local festival | |
| Susan B. Anthony's Birthday | 2021-02-15 | MONDAY | Local festival | |
| Presidents' Day | 2021-02-15 | MONDAY | Federal holiday | |
| Daisy Gatson Bates Day | 2021-02-15 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | 2021-02-16 | TUESDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | 2021-02-16 | TUESDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras | 2021-02-16 | TUESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Elizabeth Peratrovich Day | 2021-02-16 | TUESDAY | Local festival | |
| Carnival / Ash Wednesday | 2021-02-17 | WEDNESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Purim | 2021-02-26 | FRIDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Linus Pauling Day | 2021-02-28 | SUNDAY | Local festival | |
3 2021 |
St. David's Day | 2021-03-01 | MONDAY | Christian holiday |
| Casimir Pulaski Day | 2021-03-01 | MONDAY | Local festival | |
| Read Across America Day | 2021-03-02 | TUESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Town Meeting Day | 2021-03-02 | TUESDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Texas Independence Day | 2021-03-02 | TUESDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Employee Appreciation Day | 2021-03-05 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Isra and Mi'raj | 2021-03-11 | THURSDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| St. Patrick's Day | 2021-03-17 | WEDNESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Evacuation Day | 2021-03-17 | WEDNESDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Maryland Day | 2021-03-25 | THURSDAY | Local festival | |
| Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day | 2021-03-26 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Passover (first day) | 2021-03-28 | SUNDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Palm Sunday | 2021-03-28 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Seward's Day | 2021-03-29 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| National Vietnam War Veterans Day | 2021-03-29 | MONDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| César Chávez Day | 2021-03-31 | WEDNESDAY | Local state holiday | |
4 2021 |
Maundy Thursday | 2021-04-01 | THURSDAY | Christian holiday |
| Good Friday | 2021-04-02 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Pascua Florida Day | 2021-04-02 | FRIDAY | Local festival | |
| Holy Saturday | 2021-04-03 | SATURDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Orthodox Easter Day | 2021-04-04 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Last Day of Passover | 2021-04-04 | SUNDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Orthodox Easter Monday | 2021-04-05 | MONDAY | Christian holiday | |
| National Tartan Day | 2021-04-06 | TUESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| National Library Workers' Day | 2021-04-06 | TUESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Genocide Remembrance Day | 2021-04-07 | WEDNESDAY | Jewish Memorial Holiday | |
| First Day of Ramadan | 2021-04-13 | TUESDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Thomas Jefferson's Birthday | 2021-04-13 | TUESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Tax Day | 2021-04-15 | THURSDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Father Damien Day | 2021-04-15 | THURSDAY | Local festival | |
| Independence Day | 2021-04-15 | THURSDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Emancipation Day | 2021-04-16 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Patriot's Day | 2021-04-19 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Boston Marathon | 2021-04-19 | MONDAY | Sports events | |
| San Jacinto Day | 2021-04-21 | WEDNESDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Administrative Professionals Day | 2021-04-21 | WEDNESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day | 2021-04-22 | THURSDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Oklahoma Day | 2021-04-22 | THURSDAY | Local festival | |
| Confederate Heroes' Day | 2021-04-26 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Confederate Heroes' Day | 2021-04-26 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Confederate Heroes' Day | 2021-04-26 | MONDAY | Local festival | |
| Confederate Heroes' Day | 2021-04-26 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Kentucky Oaks | 2021-04-30 | FRIDAY | Sports events | |
| Orthodox Good Friday | 2021-04-30 | FRIDAY | Orthodox festival | |
| Arbor Day | 2021-04-30 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Lag BaOmer | 2021-04-30 | FRIDAY | Jewish holiday | |
5 2021 |
Orthodox Holy Saturday | 2021-05-01 | SATURDAY | Orthodox festival |
| Law Day | 2021-05-01 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Loyalty Day | 2021-05-01 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Lei Day | 2021-05-01 | SATURDAY | Local festival | |
| Kentucky Derby | 2021-05-01 | SATURDAY | Sports events | |
| National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day | 2021-05-01 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Orthodox Easter Day | 2021-05-02 | SUNDAY | Orthodox festival | |
| Orthodox Easter Monday | 2021-05-03 | MONDAY | Orthodox festival | |
| Kent State Shootings Remembrance | 2021-05-04 | TUESDAY | Local festival | |
| Rhode Island Independence Day | 2021-05-04 | TUESDAY | Local festival | |
| Cinco de Mayo | 2021-05-05 | WEDNESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| National Nurses Day | 2021-05-06 | THURSDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| National Day of Prayer | 2021-05-06 | THURSDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Truman Day | 2021-05-07 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Military Spouse Appreciation Day | 2021-05-07 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Truman Day | 2021-05-08 | SATURDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Laylatul Qadr (Night of Power) | 2021-05-08 | SATURDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Mother's Day | 2021-05-09 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Confederate Heroes' Day | 2021-05-10 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Confederate Heroes' Day | 2021-05-10 | MONDAY | Local festival | |
| Ascension Day of Jesus Christ | 2021-05-13 | THURSDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Eid ul Fitr | 2021-05-13 | THURSDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Peace Officers Memorial Day | 2021-05-15 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Armed Forces Day | 2021-05-15 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Preakness Stakes | 2021-05-15 | SATURDAY | Sports events | |
| Shavuot | 2021-05-17 | MONDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Emergency Medical Services for Children Day | 2021-05-19 | WEDNESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| National Defense Transportation Day | 2021-05-21 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| National Maritime Day | 2021-05-22 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Harvey Milk Day | 2021-05-22 | SATURDAY | Local festival | |
| Pentecost | 2021-05-23 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Whit Monday | 2021-05-24 | MONDAY | Christian holiday | |
| National Missing Children's Day | 2021-05-25 | TUESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Trinity Sunday | 2021-05-30 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Memorial Day | 2021-05-31 | MONDAY | Federal holiday | |
| Jefferson Davis' Birthday | 2021-05-31 | MONDAY | Local festival | |
6 2021 |
Statehood Day | 2021-06-01 | TUESDAY | Local festival |
| Jefferson Davis' Birthday | 2021-06-03 | THURSDAY | Local festival | |
| Corpus Christi | 2021-06-03 | THURSDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Belmont Stakes | 2021-06-05 | SATURDAY | Sports events | |
| D-Day | 2021-06-06 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Jefferson Davis' Birthday | 2021-06-07 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Kamehameha Day | 2021-06-11 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Bunker Hill Day | 2021-06-13 | SUNDAY | Local festival | |
| Army Birthday | 2021-06-14 | MONDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Political Flag Day | 2021-06-14 | MONDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Juneteenth | 2021-06-19 | SATURDAY | Local festival | |
| Juneteenth | 2021-06-19 | SATURDAY | Local state holiday | |
| West Virginia Day | 2021-06-20 | SUNDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Father's Day | 2021-06-20 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| American Eagle Day | 2021-06-20 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| West Virginia Day | 2021-06-21 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
7 2021 |
Independence Day | 2021-07-04 | SUNDAY | Federal holiday |
| Independence Day | 2021-07-05 | MONDAY | Federal holiday | |
| French National Day | 2021-07-14 | WEDNESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Tisha B'Av | 2021-07-18 | SUNDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Eid ul Adha | 2021-07-20 | TUESDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Pioneer Day | 2021-07-23 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Pioneer Day | 2021-07-24 | SATURDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Parents' Day | 2021-07-25 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day | 2021-07-27 | TUESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
8 2021 |
Colorado Day | 2021-08-01 | SUNDAY | Local festival |
| Coast Guard Birthday | 2021-08-04 | WEDNESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Purple Heart Day | 2021-08-07 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Victory Day | 2021-08-09 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Muharram/Islamic New Year | 2021-08-10 | TUESDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Assumption of Mary | 2021-08-15 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Bennington Battle Day | 2021-08-16 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| National Aviation Day | 2021-08-19 | THURSDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Statehood Day | 2021-08-20 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Senior Citizens' Day | 2021-08-21 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Women's Equality Day | 2021-08-26 | THURSDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Lyndon Baines Johnson Day | 2021-08-27 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
9 2021 |
May Day | 2021-09-06 | MONDAY | Federal holiday |
| Rosh Hashana | 2021-09-07 | TUESDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Rosh Hashana | 2021-09-07 | TUESDAY | Local state holiday | |
| California Admission Day | 2021-09-09 | THURSDAY | Local festival | |
| Patriot Day | 2021-09-11 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day | 2021-09-11 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| National Grandparents Day | 2021-09-12 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Yom Kippur | 2021-09-16 | THURSDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Yom Kippur | 2021-09-16 | THURSDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Constitution Day and Citizenship Day | 2021-09-17 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| National POW/MIA Recognition Day | 2021-09-17 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| National CleanUp Day | 2021-09-18 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Air Force Birthday | 2021-09-18 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| First Day of Sukkot | 2021-09-21 | TUESDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Liberation Day observed | 2021-09-22 | WEDNESDAY | Local festival | |
| Native American Day | 2021-09-24 | FRIDAY | Local festival | |
| Gold Star Mother's Day | 2021-09-26 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Last Day of Sukkot | 2021-09-27 | MONDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Shmini Atzeret | 2021-09-28 | TUESDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| Simchat Torah | 2021-09-29 | WEDNESDAY | Jewish holiday | |
10 2021 |
Feast of St Francis of Assisi | 2021-10-04 | MONDAY | Christian holiday |
| Child Health Day | 2021-10-04 | MONDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Leif Erikson Day | 2021-10-09 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Columbus Day | 2021-10-11 | MONDAY | Federal holiday | |
| Columbus Day | 2021-10-11 | MONDAY | Local festival | |
| Native American Day | 2021-10-11 | MONDAY | Local festival | |
| Native American Day | 2021-10-11 | MONDAY | Local festival | |
| Navy Birthday | 2021-10-13 | WEDNESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| White Cane Safety Day | 2021-10-15 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Boss's Day | 2021-10-15 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Sweetest Day | 2021-10-16 | SATURDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Alaska Day | 2021-10-18 | MONDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Milad un Nabi (Mawlid) | 2021-10-19 | TUESDAY | Muslim holiday | |
| Nevada Day | 2021-10-29 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Halloween | 2021-10-31 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
11 2021 |
All Saints Day | 2021-11-01 | MONDAY | Christian holiday |
| All Souls' Day | 2021-11-02 | TUESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Diwali (For Hindus only) | 2021-11-04 | THURSDAY | Hindu festival | |
| New York City Marathon | 2021-11-07 | SUNDAY | Sports events | |
| Marine Corps Birthday | 2021-11-10 | WEDNESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Veterans Day | 2021-11-11 | THURSDAY | Federal holiday | |
| Thanksgiving Day | 2021-11-25 | THURSDAY | Federal holiday | |
| Day After Thanksgiving | 2021-11-26 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Day After Thanksgiving | 2021-11-26 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Day After Thanksgiving | 2021-11-26 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Black Friday | 2021-11-26 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| American Indian Heritage Day | 2021-11-26 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Robert E. Lee's Birthday | 2021-11-26 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Presidents' Day | 2021-11-26 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Lincoln's Birthday | 2021-11-26 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| First Sunday of Advent | 2021-11-28 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Cyber Monday | 2021-11-29 | MONDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Vaisakhi | 2021-11-29 | MONDAY | Jewish holiday | |
12 2021 |
Rosa Parks Day | 2021-12-01 | WEDNESDAY | Local festival |
| Last day of Hanukkah | 2021-12-06 | MONDAY | Jewish holiday | |
| St Nicholas Day | 2021-12-06 | MONDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day | 2021-12-07 | TUESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Immaculate Conception | 2021-12-08 | WEDNESDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe | 2021-12-12 | SUNDAY | Christian holiday | |
| National Guard Birthday | 2021-12-13 | MONDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Bill of Rights Day | 2021-12-15 | WEDNESDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Pan American Aviation Day | 2021-12-17 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Wright Brothers Day | 2021-12-17 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| Christmas Eve | 2021-12-24 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| Christmas Eve | 2021-12-24 | FRIDAY | Christian holiday | |
| Christmas Day | 2021-12-24 | FRIDAY | Federal holiday | |
| Christmas Day | 2021-12-25 | SATURDAY | Federal holiday | |
| Kwanzaa (first day) | 2021-12-26 | SUNDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| St Stephen's Day | 2021-12-26 | SUNDAY | Local state holiday | |
| New Year's Eve | 2021-12-31 | FRIDAY | Local state holiday | |
| New Year's Eve | 2021-12-31 | FRIDAY | Holiday or anniversary | |
| New Year | 2021-12-31 | FRIDAY | Federal holiday |