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State of Alabama

Legal Holidays

2012

 

Based on Section 1-3-8 of the Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended by Act 91-250

 

Holiday Always Falls on... Date in 2012
New Year's Day

 
January 1

 
January 2

 
Birthdays of Robert E. Lee/Martin Luther King Jr.
3rd Monday in January

 
January 16

 

 

Birthdays of George Washington/Thomas Jefferson

 

3rd Monday in February

 

 

February 20

 

 

Mardi Gras Day*

 

Tues. before Ash Wednesday

February 21

 

Confederate Memorial Day

 

4th Monday in April

 

April 23

 

National Memorial Day

 

last Monday in May

 

May 28

 

Birthday of Jefferson Davis

 

1st Monday in June

 

June 4

 

Independence Day

 

July 4

 

July 4

 

Labor Day

 

1st Monday in September

 

September 3

 

Columbus Day/Fraternal Day/American Indian Heritage Day
2nd Monday in October
October 8

 

Veterans Day

 

November 11

 

November 12

 

Thanksgiving

 

4th Thursday in November

 

November 22

 

Christmas Day

 

December 25

 

December 25

 

* Mardi Gras is observed in Baldwin and Mobile Counties only. All other state employees are granted a personal leave day on January 1 which may be taken anytime during the year.

 

http://www.archives.alabama.gov/intro/holidays2012.html

 

Updated: December 27, 2011