The measure, known as the “Patriot Day Act,” would formally recognize September 11th as a federal holiday. It would do this ...

Federal holidays in the United States offer a unique blend of tradition and modernity, with the recent addition of Juneteenth ...

During years in which a new president is inaugurated, there are typically 12 federal holidays for federal workers in the Washington D.C. area but since Inauguration Day and Martin Luther King, Jr. Day ...

Is Groundhog Day a federal holiday? No, Groundhog Day is not a federal holiday in the United States. Federal holidays are days that are officially recognized by the U.S. government, ...

There's a new effort to create a federal holiday in honor of Rosa Parks. U.S. Rep. Terri Sewell held a news conference ...

Anyone who looks at all the holidays lined up for the month of February can tell it's a time to celebrate Black history, love, football and, um, groundhogs? Here are February's federal holidays ...

A new bipartisan bill championed by Long Island Rep. Tom Suozzi would declare Sep. 11 a federal holiday — and recognize that ...

In February, a significant national holiday will see banks and government offices across the United States close for three ...