![[photo, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bcity/images/1198-1-3231.jpg)
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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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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