legal holiday
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North Dakota was one of the last to recognize Juneteenth, passing in June 2021 a ceremonial Juneteenth observance rather than a state legal holiday.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 19, 2022
President Ronald Regan signed Dr. King’s birthday into federal law in 1983, but by 1990, Montana, New Hampshire and Arizona still had not made the day a legal holiday.
From New York Times • Jun. 18, 2022
The date became a legal holiday in 1879, and was later included in the Monday Holiday Law — which created the three-day weekend holiday — in 1968.
From Washington Times • Feb. 20, 2022
Although King was assassinated in 1968, legislation designating the third Monday in January—near his Jan. 15 birthday—as a legal holiday to honor him did not pass until 1983.
From Time • Jan. 13, 2017
From now on you can call me Mr. Vaughan; 'Rowdy' doesn't go, except on a legal holiday.
From Rowdy of the Cross L by Bower, B. M.
