2020 USA federal and national holidays

The United States has 10 federal national holidays per year. These are nonworking days when no parcel collections or deliveries take place. So whether you're shipping from the UK to the USA, or requesting a collection from the USA, you need to account for the public holidays listed below.

When a national or Federal holiday falls on a weekend, it's normally observed on the prior or next working day. Federal holidays are often referred to as public holidays or bank holidays.

2020 Federal Holidays

Date	Day	Holiday
Jan 1	Wednesday	New Year's Day
Jan 4	Saturday	World Braille Day
Jan 6	Monday	Epiphany
Jan 7	Tuesday	Orthodox Christmas Day
Jan 7	Tuesday	International Programmers' Day
Jan 13	Monday	Stephen Foster Memorial Day
Jan 14	Tuesday	Orthodox New Year
Jan 17	Friday	Lee-Jackson Day
Jan 19	Sunday	World Religion Day
Jan 19	Sunday	Robert E. Lee's Birthday
Jan 19	Sunday	Confederate Heroes' Day
Jan 20	Monday	Martin Luther King Jr. Day
Jan 20	Monday	Robert E. Lee's Birthday
Jan 20	Monday	Robert E. Lee's Birthday
Jan 20	Monday	Robert E. Lee's Birthday
Jan 20	Monday	Idaho Human Rights Day
Jan 20	Monday	Civil Rights Day
Jan 20	Monday	Civil Rights Day
Jan 25	Saturday	Chinese New Year
Jan 26	Sunday	International Customs Day
Jan 26	Sunday	World Leprosy Day
Jan 27	Monday	International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
Jan 29	Wednesday	Kansas Day
Feb 1	Saturday	National Freedom Day
Feb 2	Sunday	World Wetlands Day
Feb 2	Sunday	Groundhog Day
Feb 2	Sunday	Super Bowl
Feb 4	Tuesday	World Cancer Day
Feb 4	Tuesday	Rosa Parks Day
Feb 4	Tuesday	Rosa Parks Day
Feb 6	Thursday	International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
Feb 7	Friday	National Wear Red Day
Feb 10	Monday	Tu Bishvat/Tu B'Shevat
Feb 11	Tuesday	International Day of Women and Girls in Science
Feb 11	Tuesday	World Day of the Sick
Feb 12	Wednesday	Lincoln's Birthday
Feb 12	Wednesday	Lincoln's Birthday
Feb 13	Thursday	World Radio Day
Feb 14	Friday	Valentine's Day
Feb 14	Friday	Statehood Day
Feb 15	Saturday	Susan B. Anthony's Birthday
Feb 15	Saturday	Susan B. Anthony's Birthday
Feb 15	Saturday	Susan B. Anthony's Birthday
Feb 15	Saturday	Susan B. Anthony's Birthday
Feb 16	Sunday	Elizabeth Peratrovich Day
Feb 17	Monday	Presidents' Day
Feb 17	Monday	Daisy Gatson Bates Day
Feb 20	Thursday	World Day of Social Justice
Feb 21	Friday	Maha Shivaratri
Feb 21	Friday	International Mother Language Day
Feb 25	Tuesday	Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras
Feb 25	Tuesday	Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras
Feb 25	Tuesday	Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras
Feb 25	Tuesday	Shrove Tuesday/Mardi Gras
Feb 26	Wednesday	Ash Wednesday
Feb 28	Friday	Linus Pauling Day
Feb 29	Saturday	Leap Day
Mar 1	Sunday	Zero Discrimination Day
Mar 1	Sunday	Self-Injury Awareness Day
Mar 1	Sunday	St. David's Day
Mar 2	Monday	Texas Independence Day
Mar 2	Monday	Casimir Pulaski Day
Mar 2	Monday	Read Across America Day
Mar 3	Tuesday	World Wildlife Day
Mar 3	Tuesday	Super Tuesday
Mar 3	Tuesday	Town Meeting Day
Mar 6	Friday	Employee Appreciation Day
Mar 8	Sunday	International Women's Day
Mar 8	Sunday	Daylight Saving Time starts
Mar 9	Monday	Holi
Mar 10	Tuesday	Purim
Mar 12	Thursday	World Kidney Day
Mar 13	Friday	Friday the 13th
Mar 17	Tuesday	St. Patrick's Day
Mar 17	Tuesday	Evacuation Day
Mar 20	Friday	International Day of Happiness
Mar 20	Friday	March Equinox
Mar 21	Saturday	International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Mar 21	Saturday	World Poetry Day
Mar 21	Saturday	International Day of Nowruz
Mar 21	Saturday	World Down Syndrome Day
Mar 21	Saturday	International Day of Forests
Mar 22	Sunday	Isra and Mi'raj
Mar 22	Sunday	World Water Day
Mar 23	Monday	World Meteorological Day
Mar 24	Tuesday	World Tuberculosis Day
Mar 24	Tuesday	International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
Mar 25	Wednesday	International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade
Mar 25	Wednesday	International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
Mar 25	Wednesday	Maryland Day
Mar 26	Thursday	Prince Jonah Kuhio Kalanianaole Day
Mar 28	Saturday	Earth Hour
Mar 29	Sunday	National Vietnam War Veterans Day
Mar 30	Monday	Seward's Day
Mar 31	Tuesday	César Chávez Day
Mar 31	Tuesday	César Chávez Day
Mar 31	Tuesday	César Chávez Day
Mar 31	Tuesday	César Chávez Day
Apr 1	Wednesday	April Fool's Day
Apr 2	Thursday	World Autism Awareness Day
Apr 2	Thursday	Pascua Florida Day
Apr 4	Saturday	United Nations' Mine Awareness Day
Apr 5	Sunday	Palm Sunday
Apr 6	Monday	International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
Apr 6	Monday	National Tartan Day
Apr 7	Tuesday	United Nations' World Health Day
Apr 7	Tuesday	Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide
Apr 9	Thursday	Maundy Thursday
Apr 9	Thursday	Passover (first day)
Apr 10	Friday	Good Friday
Apr 11	Saturday	Holy Saturday
Apr 12	Sunday	International Day of Human Space Flight
Apr 12	Sunday	Easter Sunday
Apr 13	Monday	Easter Monday
Apr 13	Monday	Thomas Jefferson's Birthday
Apr 15	Wednesday	Tax Day
Apr 15	Wednesday	Father Damien Day
Apr 16	Thursday	Last Day of Passover
Apr 16	Thursday	Emancipation Day
Apr 17	Friday	Orthodox Good Friday
Apr 18	Saturday	Orthodox Holy Saturday
Apr 18	Saturday	International Day for Monuments and Sites
Apr 19	Sunday	Orthodox Easter
Apr 20	Monday	Orthodox Easter Monday
Apr 20	Monday	Chinese Language Day
Apr 20	Monday	Patriot's Day
Apr 20	Monday	Boston Marathon
Apr 21	Tuesday	Yom HaShoah
Apr 21	Tuesday	San Jacinto Day
Apr 21	Tuesday	National Library Workers' Day
Apr 22	Wednesday	Earth Day
Apr 22	Wednesday	Oklahoma Day
Apr 22	Wednesday	Administrative Professionals Day
Apr 23	Thursday	World Book and Copyright Day
Apr 23	Thursday	English Language Day
Apr 23	Thursday	Take our Daughters and Sons to Work Day
Apr 24	Friday	Ramadan Starts
Apr 24	Friday	Arbor Day
Apr 25	Saturday	World Malaria Day
Apr 26	Sunday	World Intellectual Property Day
Apr 26	Sunday	International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
Apr 26	Sunday	Confederate Heroes' Day
Apr 27	Monday	Confederate Memorial Day
Apr 27	Monday	Confederate Memorial Day
Apr 27	Monday	Confederate Heroes' Day observed
Apr 27	Monday	State Holiday
Apr 28	Tuesday	World Day for Safety and Health at Work
Apr 29	Wednesday	Yom Ha'atzmaut
Apr 29	Wednesday	Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
Apr 30	Thursday	International Jazz Day
May 1	Friday	Kentucky Oaks
May 1	Friday	Law Day
May 1	Friday	Loyalty Day
May 1	Friday	Lei Day
May 2	Saturday	World Tuna Day
May 2	Saturday	Kentucky Derby
May 2	Saturday	National Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Day
May 3	Sunday	World Press Freedom Day
May 4	Monday	Kent State Shootings Remembrance
May 4	Monday	Rhode Island Independence Day
May 5	Tuesday	Cinco de Mayo
May 6	Wednesday	National Nurses Day
May 7	Thursday	National Day of Prayer
May 8	Friday	Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War
May 8	Friday	World Ovarian Cancer Day
May 8	Friday	Truman Day
May 8	Friday	Victory in Europe Day
May 8	Friday	Military Spouse Appreciation Day
May 9	Saturday	World Migratory Bird Day
May 10	Sunday	Mother's Day
May 10	Sunday	Confederate Memorial Day
May 10	Sunday	Confederate Memorial Day
May 11	Monday	Confederate Memorial Day observed
May 12	Tuesday	Lag BaOmer
May 12	Tuesday	International Nurses Day
May 12	Tuesday	Primary Election Day
May 15	Friday	International Day of Families
May 15	Friday	Peace Officers Memorial Day
May 15	Friday	National Defense Transportation Day
May 16	Saturday	Armed Forces Day
May 16	Saturday	Preakness Stakes
May 17	Sunday	World Information Society Day
May 19	Tuesday	Lailat al-Qadr
May 20	Wednesday	World Autoimmune / Autoinflammatory Arthritis Day
May 20	Wednesday	Emergency Medical Services for Children Day
May 21	Thursday	Ascension Day
May 21	Thursday	World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development
May 22	Friday	International Day for Biological Diversity
May 22	Friday	National Maritime Day
May 22	Friday	Harvey Milk Day
May 23	Saturday	International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
May 24	Sunday	Eid al-Fitr
May 25	Monday	African Liberation Day
May 25	Monday	Memorial Day
May 25	Monday	Jefferson Davis' Birthday
May 25	Monday	National Missing Children's Day
May 29	Friday	Shavuot
May 29	Friday	International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
May 31	Sunday	Pentecost
May 31	Sunday	World No Tobacco Day
Jun 1	Monday	Whit Monday
Jun 1	Monday	Global Day of Parents
Jun 1	Monday	Statehood Day
Jun 1	Monday	Jefferson Davis' Birthday
Jun 3	Wednesday	Jefferson Davis' Birthday
Jun 4	Thursday	International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
Jun 5	Friday	World Environment Day
Jun 6	Saturday	D-Day
Jun 6	Saturday	Belmont Stakes
Jun 7	Sunday	Trinity Sunday
Jun 8	Monday	World Oceans Day
Jun 11	Thursday	Corpus Christi
Jun 11	Thursday	Kamehameha Day
Jun 12	Friday	World Day Against Child Labour
Jun 13	Saturday	International Albinism Awareness Day
Jun 14	Sunday	World Blood Donor Day
Jun 14	Sunday	Army Birthday
Jun 14	Sunday	Flag Day
Jun 14	Sunday	Bunker Hill Day
Jun 15	Monday	World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
Jun 16	Tuesday	International Day of Family Remittances
Jun 17	Wednesday	World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
Jun 19	Friday	International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
Jun 19	Friday	Emancipation Day
Jun 19	Friday	Juneteenth
Jun 20	Saturday	World Refugee Day
Jun 20	Saturday	West Virginia Day
Jun 20	Saturday	American Eagle Day
Jun 21	Sunday	International Day of Yoga
Jun 21	Sunday	Father's Day
Jun 21	Sunday	June Solstice
Jun 23	Tuesday	Public Service Day
Jun 23	Tuesday	International Widows' Day
Jun 25	Thursday	Day of the Seafarer
Jun 26	Friday	International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking
Jun 26	Friday	International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
Jun 30	Tuesday	International Asteroid Day
Jul 3	Friday	Independence Day observed
Jul 4	Saturday	International Day of Cooperatives
Jul 4	Saturday	Independence Day
Jul 11	Saturday	World Population Day
Jul 13	Monday	Nathan Bedford Forrest Day
Jul 14	Tuesday	Bastille Day
Jul 15	Wednesday	World Youth Skills Day
Jul 18	Saturday	Nelson Mandela Day
Jul 24	Friday	Pioneer Day
Jul 26	Sunday	Parents' Day
Jul 27	Monday	National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day
Jul 28	Tuesday	World Hepatitis Day
Jul 30	Thursday	Tisha B'Av
Jul 30	Thursday	International Day of Friendship
Jul 30	Thursday	World Day against Trafficking in Persons
Jul 31	Friday	Eid al-Adha
Aug 1	Saturday	Colorado Day
Aug 3	Monday	Raksha Bandhan
Aug 4	Tuesday	Coast Guard Birthday
Aug 7	Friday	Purple Heart Day
Aug 9	Sunday	International Day of the World's Indigenous People
Aug 10	Monday	Janmashtami
Aug 10	Monday	Victory Day
Aug 12	Wednesday	International Youth Day
Aug 15	Saturday	Assumption of Mary
Aug 16	Sunday	Bennington Battle Day
Aug 17	Monday	Bennington Battle Day observed
Aug 19	Wednesday	World Humanitarian Day
Aug 19	Wednesday	National Aviation Day
Aug 20	Thursday	Muharram
Aug 21	Friday	Ganesh Chaturthi
Aug 21	Friday	Hawaii Statehood Day
Aug 21	Friday	Senior Citizens Day
Aug 23	Sunday	International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
Aug 26	Wednesday	Women's Equality Day
Aug 27	Thursday	Lyndon Baines Johnson Day
Aug 29	Saturday	International Day against Nuclear Tests
Aug 30	Sunday	International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances
Aug 31	Monday	International Overdose Awareness Day
Sep 4	Friday	World Sexual Health Day
Sep 5	Saturday	International Day of Charity
Sep 7	Monday	Labor Day
Sep 8	Tuesday	International Literacy Day
Sep 9	Wednesday	California Admission Day
Sep 10	Thursday	World Suicide Prevention Day
Sep 11	Friday	Patriot Day
Sep 12	Saturday	International Day for South-South Cooperation
Sep 12	Saturday	International Programmers' Day
Sep 12	Saturday	Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
Sep 13	Sunday	National Grandparents Day
Sep 15	Tuesday	International Day of Democracy
Sep 16	Wednesday	International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
Sep 17	Thursday	Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
Sep 18	Friday	Air Force Birthday
Sep 18	Friday	National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Sep 19	Saturday	Rosh Hashana
Sep 19	Saturday	Rosh Hashana
Sep 19	Saturday	National CleanUp Day
Sep 21	Monday	International Day of Peace
Sep 22	Tuesday	Emancipation Day
Sep 22	Tuesday	September Equinox
Sep 23	Wednesday	International Celebrate Bisexuality Day
Sep 24	Thursday	World Maritime Day
Sep 25	Friday	Native American Day
Sep 26	Saturday	International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
Sep 27	Sunday	World Tourism Day
Sep 27	Sunday	Gold Star Mother's Day
Sep 28	Monday	World Rabies Day
Sep 28	Monday	Yom Kippur
Sep 28	Monday	Yom Kippur
Sep 29	Tuesday	World Heart Day
Oct 1	Thursday	International Day of Older Persons
Oct 1	Thursday	World Vegetarian Day
Oct 2	Friday	International Day of Non-Violence
Oct 3	Saturday	First Day of Sukkot
Oct 4	Sunday	Feast of St Francis of Assisi
Oct 5	Monday	World Teachers' Day
Oct 5	Monday	World Habitat Day
Oct 5	Monday	Child Health Day
Oct 6	Tuesday	World Cerebral Palsy Day
Oct 8	Thursday	World Sight Day
Oct 9	Friday	Last Day of Sukkot
Oct 9	Friday	World Post Day
Oct 9	Friday	Leif Erikson Day
Oct 10	Saturday	Shmini Atzeret
Oct 10	Saturday	World Mental Health Day
Oct 11	Sunday	Simchat Torah
Oct 11	Sunday	International Day of the Girl Child
Oct 12	Monday	Columbus Day
Oct 12	Monday	Columbus Day
Oct 12	Monday	Native Americans' Day
Oct 12	Monday	Indigenous People's Day
Oct 13	Tuesday	Navy Birthday
Oct 14	Wednesday	International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
Oct 15	Thursday	International Day of Rural Women
Oct 15	Thursday	White Cane Safety Day
Oct 16	Friday	World Food Day
Oct 16	Friday	Boss's Day
Oct 17	Saturday	Navratri
Oct 17	Saturday	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
Oct 17	Saturday	Sweetest Day
Oct 18	Sunday	Alaska Day
Oct 19	Monday	Alaska Day observed
Oct 20	Tuesday	World Statistics Day
Oct 24	Saturday	United Nations Day
Oct 24	Saturday	World Development Information Day
Oct 25	Sunday	Dussehra
Oct 27	Tuesday	World Day for Audiovisual Heritage
Oct 29	Thursday	The Prophet's Birthday
Oct 29	Thursday	World Stroke Day
Oct 30	Friday	Nevada Day
Oct 31	Saturday	World Cities Day
Oct 31	Saturday	Halloween
Nov 1	Sunday	All Saints' Day
Nov 1	Sunday	World Vegan Day
Nov 1	Sunday	New York City Marathon
Nov 1	Sunday	Daylight Saving Time ends
Nov 2	Monday	All Souls' Day
Nov 2	Monday	International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
Nov 3	Tuesday	Election Day
Nov 3	Tuesday	Election Day
Nov 5	Thursday	Return Day
Nov 6	Friday	International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict
Nov 10	Tuesday	World Science Day for Peace and Development
Nov 10	Tuesday	Marine Corps Birthday
Nov 11	Wednesday	Veterans Day
Nov 12	Thursday	World Pneumonia Day
Nov 13	Friday	Friday the 13th
Nov 14	Saturday	World Diabetes Day
Nov 14	Saturday	Diwali/Deepavali
Nov 15	Sunday	World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims
Nov 16	Monday	International Day for Tolerance
Nov 17	Tuesday	World Prematurity Day
Nov 19	Thursday	World Philosophy Day
Nov 19	Thursday	World Toilet Day
Nov 19	Thursday	International Men's Day
Nov 20	Friday	Universal Children's Day
Nov 20	Friday	Africa Industrialization Day
Nov 21	Saturday	World Television Day
Nov 25	Wednesday	International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
Nov 26	Thursday	Thanksgiving Day
Nov 27	Friday	State Holiday
Nov 27	Friday	Presidents' Day
Nov 27	Friday	Lincoln's Birthday/Lincoln's Day
Nov 27	Friday	Day After Thanksgiving
Nov 27	Friday	Day After Thanksgiving
Nov 27	Friday	Family Day
Nov 27	Friday	Acadian Day
Nov 27	Friday	Black Friday
Nov 27	Friday	American Indian Heritage Day
Nov 29	Sunday	First Sunday of Advent
Nov 29	Sunday	International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People
Nov 30	Monday	Cyber Monday
Dec 1	Tuesday	World AIDS Day
Dec 1	Tuesday	Rosa Parks Day
Dec 1	Tuesday	Rosa Parks Day
Dec 2	Wednesday	International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
Dec 3	Thursday	International Day of Persons with Disabilities
Dec 5	Saturday	International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
Dec 5	Saturday	World Soil Day
Dec 6	Sunday	St Nicholas Day
Dec 7	Monday	International Civil Aviation Day
Dec 7	Monday	Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec 8	Tuesday	Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Dec 9	Wednesday	International Anti-Corruption Day
Dec 9	Wednesday	World Genocide Commemoration Day
Dec 10	Thursday	Human Rights Day
Dec 11	Friday	Chanukah/Hanukkah (first day)
Dec 11	Friday	International Mountain Day
Dec 12	Saturday	Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Dec 13	Sunday	National Guard Birthday
Dec 15	Tuesday	Bill of Rights Day
Dec 17	Thursday	Pan American Aviation Day
Dec 17	Thursday	Wright Brothers Day
Dec 18	Friday	Last Day of Chanukah
Dec 18	Friday	International Migrants Day
Dec 18	Friday	Arabic Language Day
Dec 20	Sunday	International Human Solidarity Day
Dec 21	Monday	December Solstice
Dec 24	Thursday	Christmas Eve
Dec 24	Thursday	Christmas Eve
Dec 25	Friday	Christmas Day
Dec 26	Saturday	Kwanzaa (first day)
Dec 26	Saturday	Day After Christmas Day
Dec 26	Saturday	Day After Christmas Day
Dec 31	Thursday	New Year's Eve
Dec 31	Thursday	New Year's Eve

It's worth noting that private employers do not have to allow employees time off for federal holidays, and some do not do so. All government departments do observe all federal holidays. However, all major carriers are closed on federal holidays, and therefore no package collections or deliveries are made.

In addition to national holidays, there are a number of state holidays which may also affect collection and delivery.

In addition to the above 10 federal holidays Washington DC and border counties of Maryland and Virginia also celebrate Inauguration Day once every four years on January 20, following each presidential election.