MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

HOLIDAYS

LEGAL HOLIDAYS


[photo, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland] 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 General Provisions Article, sec. 1-111).

Although holiday generally means "a day marked by a general suspension of work in commemoration of an event", in Maryland, this is not always the case.

Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.


2021

January 1 (Friday) New Year's Day
January 18 (Monday) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday (observed)
February 12 (Friday) Lincoln's Birthday
February 15 (third Monday) Presidents' Day
March 25 (Thursday) Maryland Day
April 2 (Friday) Good Friday
May 31 (Monday) Memorial Day
June 18 (Friday) Juneteenth National Independence Day* (observed)
July 5 (Monday) Independence Day* (observed)
September 6 (first Monday) Labor Day
September 13 (Monday) Defenders' Day (observed)
October 11 (Monday) Columbus Day (observed)
November 11 (Thursday) Veterans' Day
November 25 (fourth Thursday) Thanksgiving Day
November 67 (fourth Friday) American Indian Heritage Day
December 24 (Friday) Christmas Day (holiday)

2020

January 1 (Wednesday) New Year's Day
January 20 (Monday) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday (observed)
February 12 (Wednesday) Lincoln's Birthday
February 17 (third Monday) Presidents' Day
March 25 (Wednesday) Maryland Day
April 10 (Friday) Good Friday
May 25 (Monday) Memorial Day
July 3 (Friday) Independence Day* (observed)
September 7 (first Monday) Labor Day
September 12 (Saturday) Defenders' Day
October 12 (Monday) Columbus Day
November 11 (Wednesday) Veterans' Day
November 26 (fourth Thursday) Thanksgiving Day
November 27 (fourth Friday) American Indian Heritage Day
December 25 (Friday) Christmas Day

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