U.S. Holidays Celebrations Popular Days

This page starts with U.S. Federal Legal Holidays because on these dates many government offices, banks and businesses will be closed.
or quickly jump to Mike's Combined List of Holidays Observances or Events

Be Aware if a federal public holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday.
Many Federal, State, City, Postal, Bank employees, other workers take an extra day off work. When a holiday falls on saturday, they might not work on the preceding friday. When a holiday falls on sunday, they might not work on the following monday. See January 2, and November 12, 2012, above.

Good source to see dates of Federal Employees Holidays days off
click→ Office of Personnel Management

2012 List of Popular U.S. Holidays Dates Celebrations Observances

U.S. Daylight Savings Time 2012
• STARTS: March 11, 2012 at 2am (set clocks AHEAD one hour)
• ENDS: November 4, 2012 at 2am (set clocks BACK one hour)

To know future U.S. daylight savings time start and end dates...
start: move clocks AHEAD one hour at 2am on the second Sunday in March.
end: move clocks BACK one hour at 2am on the first Sunday of November.

SEASONS     Spring – Summer – Fall (Autumn) – Winter
March 20, 2012 is the Vernal Equinox – beginning of Spring.
June 20, 2012 is the June Solstice – beginning of Summer.
September 22, 2012 is the Autumnal Equinox – beginning of Fall (Autumn).
December 21, 2012 is the December Solstice – beginning of Winter.

EARTH HOUR is MARCH 30, 2013 – Saturday – from 8pm to 9pm (your local time).
info at www.earthhour.org – concept is for as many people as possible around the world to turn off lights for an hour. Security and emergency lighting will remain on. Millions of people, businesses, governments and civic organizations around the globe turn off their lights for Earth Hour. More than 100 cities across North America participate annually on the last saturday in March.

More American Patriotic and National Observances

December 16, 1773 – Boston Tea Party - protest to the Tea Act (tax imposed on tea by England)
The modern day Tea Party (TEA - Taxed Enough Already) is not a political party. They are individuals and organizations who resemble our forefathers who protested that tax by England. Trying to force people to pay that tax was a big catalyst to our independence and becoming The United States Of America.
Read about the Boston Tea Party and consider how similar it is to todays situation.

1776 – Declaration of Independence - Adopted by Congress on July 4, 1776.

The United States Constitution (Constitution of the United States of America)
September 17, 1787. Ratified on March 4, 1789.
here is the preamble...
We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America.   read the entire Constitution plus the Bill Of Rights

Popular Sports Events and Special Events in the U.S.

• College Bowls Mens Football  Dec 2012 to Jan 13, 2013. use link for list of bowls, teams, dates.

• College Football BCS Championship Game is January 13, 2013, in Miami, FL.

• NFL Playoffs (National Football League) TBA January, 2013.

• North American International Auto Show (Detroit Auto Show, NAIAS)  January 14-27, 2013.
    NAIAS Auto Show days open to the public are Jan 19-27 (public show).

• 2013 International CES (Consumer Electronics Show)  January January 8-11, 2013, in Las Vegas.
    note: CES is the world's largest consumer technology tradeshow and is an annual event.

• Super Bowl XLVII (47): February 3, 2013 in New Orleans

• Mardi Gras Carnival: February 12, 2013 in New Orleans. info site web cams Future Dates. annual event. Carnival starts before official day with parades and partying until Midnight on Mardi Gras, the day before Ash Wednesday.

• Daytona 500: February 24, 2013 (Sunday). Nascar race, always the last Sunday in February.

• Bike Week in Daytona Beach, Florida: March 8-17, 2013. motorcycles and partying.

• Spring Break: overall – 2nd week of March to early April. Each school has it's own specific week(s).

• March Madness (Mens College Basketball Title Tournament) – March 19 – April 6, 2013.

• WWE WrestleMania XXIX (29) – April 7, 2013 in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

• Tea Party Rallies: different days in many cities throughout the U.S., re: politicians tax and spending.

• NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs (National Hockey League) – starts in April, finals in June.

• NBA Playoffs (National Basketball Association) – starts in April, finals in June.

• Kentucky Derby: May 5, 2012. Horse racing (first Saturday in May).

• Preakness Stakes: May 19, 2012. Horse racing (two weeks after Kentucky Derby).

• Indianapolis 500: May 27, 2012. (Sunday of Memorial Weekend, every year)

• Belmont Stakes: June 9, 2012. Horse racing (three weeks after the Preakness).

• U.S. Open Golf Championship: June 11-17, 2012 at The Olympic Club in San Francisco.

• Monterey Car Week: August 13-19, 2012 in Monterey, California. classic, vintage & stylish cars.

• Woodward Dream Cruise: August 18, 2012. Annual World Famous Car Cruise held in Metro Detroit, Michigan, and celebrated all week leading up to the official day. The WDC, the most popular car cruise on earth, is on the third Saturday in August every year.

• World Series – Major League Baseball (MLB) – TBA 2012. Annual championship series, usually starts in the 3rd week of October, every year.

Summer Olympics 2012 (Games of the XXX Olympiad) is July 27 to August 12, 2012.
2012 Summer Olympic Games will be held in London, England.

Winter Olympics 2014 (XXII Olympic Winter Games) is February 7 to February 23, 2014.
2014 Winter Olympic Games will be held in Sochi, Russia.

 

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