![[photo, Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland]](/msa/mdmanual/36loc/bcity/images/1198-1-3231.jpg)
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).
Although Holiday generally means "a day marked by a general suspension of work in commemoration of an event", in Maryland, this is not always the case.
Inner Harbor, Baltimore, Maryland, October 2008. Photo by Diane F. Evartt.
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| January 1 (Friday) | New Year's Day |
| January 18 (Monday) | Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday* (observed) |
| February 12 (Friday) | Lincoln's Birthday |
| February 15 (third Monday) | Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) (observed) |
| March 25 (Thursday) | Maryland Day |
| April 4 | Good Friday |
| May 31 (Monday) | Memorial Day |
| July 5 (Monday) | Independence Day* (observed) |
| September 6 (first Monday) | Labor Day |
| September 12 (Sunday) | Defenders' Day |
| October 11 (Monday) | Columbus Day* (observed) |
| November 11 (Thursday) | Veterans' Day |
| November 25 (fourth Thursday) | Thanksgiving Day |
| November 26 (Friday after Thanksgiving) | American Indian Heritage Day |
| December 24 (Friday) | Christmas Day* (observed) |
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2011
December 31, 2010 (Friday)
New Year's Day
January 17 (Monday)
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Birthday* (observed)
February 12 (Saturday)
Lincoln's Birthday
February 21 (third Monday)
Washington's Birthday (Presidents' Day) (observed)
March 25 (Friday)
Maryland Day
April 22
Good Friday
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* (observed)
November 11 (Friday)
Veterans' Day
November 24 (fourth Thursday)
Thanksgiving Day
November 25 (Friday after Thanksgiving)
American Indian Heritage Day
December 26 (Monday)
Christmas Day* (observed)
*If the U.S. Congress designates another day for observance, the day named by Congress becomes the legal date.
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