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Month Calendar For United States Holidays April 2013

  • Confederate History Month:
    • Cancer Control Month: The President is requested to: (1) to issue each year a proclamation designating April as Cancer Control Month;and (2) to invite each year the chief executive officers of the States, territories, and possessions of the United States to issue proclamations designating April as Cancer Control Month. Contents of Proclamations.— As part of those proclamations, the chief executive officers and President are requested to invite the medical profession, the press, and all agencies and individuals interested in a national program for the control of cancer by education and other cooperative means to unite during Cancer Control Month in a public dedication to the program and in a concerted effort to make the people of the United States aware of the need for the program.
      • Child Abuse Prevention Month:
        • Ohio Child Abuse Awareness Month[oh-sp]: The month of April is designated as "Ohio Child Abuse Awareness Month" to increase public awareness of the innocent victims of child abuse and to acknowledge child abuse as a serious societal problem to be addressed and eliminated.
          • Confederate History and Heritage Month: In 2009, the Georgia General Assembly passed legislation (law O.C.G.A.) designating April of each year as Confederate History and Heritage Month.

            The following is a compilation of American federal holidays, federal observances, state holidays and other common patriotic and national observances and commemorations that apply to the United States during april 2013:

            April 2013
            wMondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridaySaturdaySunday
            Week 14
            3Wednesday
             
            4Thursday
             
            5Friday
             
            7Sunday
             
            Week 15
            8Monday
             
            9Tuesday
             
            12Friday
             
            Week 16
            Week 17
            Week 18
            30Tuesday
             
            1Wednesday
             
            2Thursday
             
            3Friday
             
            4Saturday
             
            5Sunday
             
            6Monday
             
            7Tuesday
             
            8Wednesday
             
            9Thursday
             
            10Friday
             
            11Saturday
             
            12Sunday
             
            13Monday
             
            14Tuesday
             
            15Wednesday
             
            16Thursday
             
            17Friday
             
            18Saturday
             
            19Sunday
             

            Notes:

            [other] This is a religious, traditional, or informal observance celebrated in the United States.

            [fl-le] This is a Legal Holiday in the State of Florida. If a holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday shall be observed as a holiday and if a holidays falls on Sunday, the following Monday shall be observed as a holiday.

            [oh-sp] This is a special day, week or month by Statutory Designation in the State of Ohio.

            [nhas] Part of the National HIV/AIDS Strategy Awareness Days.

            [pro] This is a special day designated by presidential proclamation.

            [fed-ob] United States federal observances are days, weeks, months, or other periods designated by the United States Congress for the commemoration or other observance of various events, activities, or topics. These observances differ from Federal holidays in that Federal employees only receive a day free from work on holidays, not observances. Federal observances that are designated by Congress appear in Title 36 of the United States Code (36 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.).

            [festival]

            [ky-sp] An special day of observance in the State of Kentucky.

            [ok-sp] An special day of observance in the State of Oklahoma.

            [unofficial] This is a unofficial holiday.

            [tx] This is a State Holiday in the State of Texas.State offices are scheduled to be open on partial staffing holidays and optional holidays. Please call ahead to confirm hours. Offices will not be closed on another day when designated holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday. An employee is entitled to observe optional holidays in lieu of any partial staffing holiday on which state offices are required to be open to conduct public business.

            [par] Partial staffing holiday

            [al] This is an official holiday in the State of Alabama. In Alabama, Saturday holidays are observed on Fridays and Sunday holidays are observed on Mondays.

            [ga] This is a State Holiday in the State of Georgia.

            [ms-le] This is a Legal Holiday in the State of Mississippi. Pursuant to Mississippi code ANN. 3-3-7, in the event any holiday declared legal shall fall on Sunday, the next following day shall be a legal holiday.

            Content last updated on 2017-02-16T22:26:00Z