2019 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.

2019 Federal Holidays

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