| Jour du Président - Lundi 17 Février 2020 Clôture des banques : Jusqu'en 1975, l'anniversaire de George Washington - héros de la guerre d'Indépendance et premier président des États-Unis - qui tombait le 22 février, était une fête nationale. Banks, post office and governement close, but businesses, more and more, remain open, as well as universities. These banks remain open: Chase Bank, TD Bank, Wells Fargo
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| Fête de la Nationalité Américaine - Lundi 2 Mars 2020 Clôture des banques :
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| Jour de l'Emancipation - Lundi 23 Mars 2020 Clôture des banques : Célèbre l'abolition de l'esclavage
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| Vacances de Pâques (début) - Vendredi 3 Avril 2020 vacances scolaires :
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| Vendredi Saint - Vendredi 10 Avril 2020 Catholique ou protestante : The First Council of Nicaea (a gathering of bishops in the early days of Christianity) wanted to find a day to commemorate the crucifixion and resurrection of Christ. This commemoration had to be linked to Jewish holiday traditions, since the last supper of Christ was believed to be a Jewish Passover meal. But the Jewish calendar is based on lunar and solar cycles, so the Easter celebration had to follow the same calendar.
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| Pâques - Dimanche 12 Avril 2020 Catholique ou protestante : Paid holiday
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| Vacances de Pâques (fin) - Lundi 13 Avril 2020 vacances scolaires :
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| Fermeture des administrations - Lundi 20 Avril 2020 Clôture des banques : José de Diego' birthday (April 16, 1866 – July 16, 1918), known as The Father of the Puerto Rican Independence Movement , was a statesman, journalist, poet, lawyer, and advocate for Puerto Rico's independence from Spain and from the United States.
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| Vacances intermédiaires (début) - Vendredi 1 Mai 2020 vacances scolaires :
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| Fête des Mères - Dimanche 10 Mai 2020 Cartes/Fleurs : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year.
One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world.
Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day.
In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914
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| Fête des Mères - Dimanche 10 Mai 2020 Jour férié laïc :
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| Vacances intermédiaires (fin) - Lundi 11 Mai 2020 vacances scolaires :
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| Journée de la Mémoire - Lundi 25 Mai 2020 Jour férié laïc : Célébré le quatrième lundi de mai, ce jour honore les morts. Créé après la guerre de Sécession, il est devenu le jour où l'on se souvient des morts de toutes les guerres et des défunts en général, au cours de cérémonies qui se déroulent dans les cimetières.
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