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The following 20 days have been designated as official holidays in calendar year 2023 for Embassy Luxembourg.
Date | Holiday | Day of the week | Amer. | Lux. |
January 2* | New Year’s Day (observed) | Monday | X | X |
January 16 | Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday | Monday | X | |
February 20** | Washington’s Birthday (observed) | Monday | X | |
April 7 | Good Friday | Friday | X | |
April 10 | Easter Monday | Monday | X | |
May 1 | Luxembourg Labor Day | Monday | X | |
May 9 | Europe Day | Tuesday | X | |
May 18 | Ascension Day | Thursday | X | |
May 29 | Memorial Day / Whit Monday | Monday | X | X |
June 19 | Juneteenth (observed) | Monday | X | |
June 23 | Grand Duke’s Birthday (National Holiday) | Friday | X | |
July 4 | Independence Day | Tuesday | X | |
August 15 | Assumption Day | Tuesday | X | |
September 4 | Labor Day (U.S.) | Monday | X | |
October 9 | Columbus Day | Monday | X | |
November 1 | All Saints Day/All Souls Day | Wednesday | X | |
November 10* | Veterans Day | Friday | X | |
November 23 | Thanksgiving Day | Thursday | X | |
December 25 | Christmas Day | Monday | X | X |
December 26 | St. Stephen’s Day (Boxing Day) | Tuesday | X |
*If a holiday falls on a Saturday, for most Federal employees, the preceding Friday will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See 5 U.S.C. 6103(b).) If a holiday falls on a Sunday, for most Federal employees, the following Monday will be treated as a holiday for pay and leave purposes. (See Section 3(a) of Executive Order 11582, February 11, 1971.) See also our Federal Holidays – “In Lieu Of” Determination Fact Sheet at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/work-schedules/fact-sheets/Federal-Holidays-In-Lieu-Of-Determination. **This holiday is designated as “Washington’s Birthday” in section 6103(a) of title 5 of the United States Code, which is the law that specifies holidays for Federal employees. Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, it is our policy to always refer to holidays by the names designated in the law.