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On May 26, 1918 National Council of Georgia declared national independence of Georgian people and creation of Democratic Republic of Georgia. The statehood of Georgia was restored after 117 years (from 1801) 28 August Saint Mary's Day: მარიამობა: Mariamoba: 14 October Day of Svetitskhoveli Cathedral (in Mtskheta)
Georgia Day is the holiday which the U.S. state of Georgia recognizes in honor of its colonial founding as the Province of Georgia. On February 12, 1733 [NS] [ 1] James Oglethorpe landed the first settlers in the Anne, at what was to become Georgia's first city (and later the first state capital ), Savannah. Not a public holiday, it was created ...
In Georgia, the fourth Monday in April was formerly celebrated as Confederate Memorial Day, but beginning in 2016, in response to the Charleston church shooting, the names of Confederate Memorial Day and Robert E. Lee's Birthday were struck from the state calendar and the statutory holidays were designated simply as "state holidays". [37]
In 2017, the state passed a law removing Lee's name from the January holiday and instead establishing a state memorial day on the second Saturday of October in honor of Lee. [ 46 ] Confederate History Month has been declared at least once in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, and Virginia as well as by various cities ...
From Memorial Day to Thanksgiving, these are the dates of the 2023 federal holidays. 2023 federal holidays: New Year’s Day: Sunday, January 1 (Observed Monday, January 2)
The following holidays are observed by the majority of US businesses with paid time off: New Year's Day, New Year's Eve, [ 2] Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day after known as Black Friday, Christmas Eve and Christmas. There are also numerous holidays on the state and local level that are observed to varying degrees.
From Martin Luther King Jr to Thanksgiving, these are the dates of the 2023 federal holidays. 2023 federal holidays: New Year’s Day: Sunday, January 1 (Observed Monday, January 2)
Map of the United States with Georgia highlighted. Georgia is a state located in the Southern United States.According to the 2010 United States census, Georgia was the 8th most populous state with 9,688,681 inhabitants and the 21st largest by land area spanning 57,513.49 square miles (148,959.3 km 2) of land. [1]