legal holiday
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The initial version of HB 1516 proposed by Thai designated the Saturday before the start of each Lunar New Year as a legal holiday.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2023
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
Washington State does not recognize it as a legal holiday.
From New York Times • Oct. 9, 2016
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.
