2018 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.

2018 Federal Holidays

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