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This year I'm lucky because someone will be home. February/ March are bad months the college has no holiday's, it's the end, then beginning of our semesters.
My girls on the on there hand have 3 day's off (city public school).
Presidents day 2/19 -- the generic birthday for Lincoln & Washington
Lincoln's birthday 2/12 -- Illinois claims him as our president
Casimir Pulaski Day 3/5 -- Father of American Cavalry which dates back to the revolutionary war. The Chicago connection seems to because of our large polish population.
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In reply to:
the Revolution (what's this war called in England?)
The War of Independence
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Indonesia's holidays this year:
Jan. 1 New Year's Day
Mar. 5 Idul Adha (Muslim Day of Sacrifice)
Mar. 25 Nyepi (Bali Hindu Day of Silence/New Year)(It's a Sunday this year but we don't get anything off in lieu)
Mar. 26 Islamic New Year
Apr. 13 Good Friday
May 7 Buddha's Birthday
May 24 Ascension Day of Jesus Christ
June 4 Mohammad's Birthday
Aug. 17 Independence Day
Oct. 15 Ascension Day of Mohammad
Dec. 16/17 Idul Fitri (end of Ramadhan)
Dec. 25 Christmas Day
And by great good fortune almost all of them fall on a Friday or Monday this year.
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Michigan doesn't have any idiosyncratic holidays. The most holidays are observed by the state government, fewer by business in general, and the least by retailing in general.
Jan 1; New Year's Day (gov/bus/retail)
Jan, 3rd Monday; Martin Luther King Jr Day (gov)
Feb, 3rd Monday; President's Day (gov)
May, 4th Monday; Memorial Day (gov/bus)
July 4; Independence Day (gov/bus/retail)
Sep, 1st Monday; Labor Day (gov/bus)
Nov, Monday nearest 11th; Veterans' Day (gov)
Nov, 4th Thursday; Thanksgiving Day (gov/bus/retail)
Nov, day after Thanksgiving Day (gov)
December 24, Christmas Eve (gov)
December 25, Christmas Day (gov/bus/retail)
December 31, New Year's Eve (gov)
We used to have Columbus Day, but it was repealed when MLK Day was instituted.
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How exactly is American Thanksgiving Day chosen? Is it a particular date (Nov. 4 as you posted) or "the first Thursday in November" or something more cryptic? In Canada we are never exactly sure when your Thanksgiving is until it actually happens. All the magazines talk about "Thanksgiving recipes" and such - but it's always a month too late for us! 
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>Nov, 4th Thursday...
bean, that's the 4th Thursday in Nov., not Nov. 4th...
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Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...I get it! Silly me! 
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the Revolution (what's this war called in England?)
The War of Independence
Really? In the UK, the war in which the American colonies defeated the British Crown forces and became independent, is just called the War of Independence, without any reference to whose independence? I would have expected at least the War of American Independence or something.
It's interesting to hear what names different wars are given based on which side the name comes from. In the southern USA, I have heard the US Civil War referred to as The War of Northern Aggression.
And Hey - I'm a member! Wonder when that happened.
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Really? In the UK, the war in which the American colonies defeated the British Crown forces and became independent, is just called the War of IndependenceIt's just called the War of Independence in NZ as well - perhaps its viewed as the definitive specimen among wars of independence.
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bean, that's the 4th Thursday in Nov., not Nov. 4th This is indeed the date of Thanksgiving Day in USA. But, I have a hazy memory that at one time that Thanksgiving was the third Thursday in November and an equally hazy memory that President Franklin D. Roosevelt was the one who changed the date in the late 19303 or early 1940s. Does anyone remember this (WWH ?) Or is my long term memory going too?   Aloha, wow
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