MARYLAND AT A GLANCE

HOLIDAYS

LEGAL HOLIDAYS

[photo, Skipjack Norman Lewis docked at Annapolis harbor, Annapolis, Maryland]

2005

2004

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).

Skipjack Norman Lewis docked at Annapolis harbor, Annapolis, Maryland, April 2005. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.

2005
January 1 (Saturday)	New Year's Day
January 17 (Monday)	Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday*
February 12 (Saturday)	Lincoln's Birthday
February 21 (third Monday)	Presidents' Day
March 25	Good Friday
March 25 (Friday)	Maryland Day
May 30 (Monday)	Memorial Day*
July 4 (Monday)	Independence Day
September 5 (first Monday)	Labor Day
September 12 (Monday)	Defenders' Day
October 10 (Monday)	Columbus Day*
November 11 (Friday)	Veterans' Day
November 24 (fourth Thursday)	Thanksgiving Day
December 26 (Monday)	Christmas Day** (observed)

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 25 (Saturday)	Christmas Day