MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

HOLIDAYS

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

2004

2003

2002

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 1957, Art. 1, sec. 27).

2004
January 1 (Thursday)	New Year's Day
January 19 (Monday)	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday*
February 12 (Thursday)	Lincoln's Birthday
February 16 (third Monday)	Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
March 25 (Thursday)	Maryland Day
April 9	Good Friday
May 31 (Monday)	Memorial Day*
July 5 (Monday)	Independence Day**
September 6 (first Monday)	Labor Day
September 12	Defenders' Day
October 11 (Monday)	Columbus Day*
November 2 (Tuesday)	Election Day
November 11 (Thursday)	Veterans' Day
November 25 (fourth Thursday)	Thanksgiving Day
December 24 (Friday)	Christmas Day**
December 31 (Friday)	New Year's Day 2005**

2003
January 1 (Wednesday)	New Year's Day
January 20 (Monday)	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday*
February 12	Lincoln's Birthday
February 17 (third Monday)	Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
March 25	Maryland Day
April 18	Good Friday
May 26 (Monday)	Memorial Day*
July 4 (Friday)	Independence Day
September 1 (first Monday)	Labor Day
September 12	Defenders' Day
October 13 (Monday)	Columbus Day*
November 11 (Tuesday)	Veterans' Day
November 27 (fourth Thursday)	Thanksgiving Day
December 25 (Thursday)	Christmas Day

2002
January 1	New Year's Day
January 21	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday*
February 12	Lincoln's Birthday
February 18 (third Monday)	Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day)
March 25	Maryland Day
March 29	Good Friday
May 27	Memorial Day*
July 4	Independence Day
September 2 (first Monday)	Labor Day
September 12	Defenders' Day
October 14	Columbus Day*
November 5	Election Day
November 11	Veterans' Day
November 28 (fourth Thursday)	Thanksgiving Day
December 25	Christmas Day