Observed Holidays in Washington

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Monday holidays. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (third Monday in January), President's Day (third Monday in February), Memorial Day (last Monday in May) and Labor Day (first Monday in September).

Other holidays. Sundays, New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans' Day (November 11), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November), the day after Thanksgiving and Christmas Day (December 25).

Special rules. If any legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is a holiday and if it falls on a Saturday, the preceding Friday is a holiday.