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The American Embassy will observe the following United States (US) and Trinidad & Tobago (TT) holidays in 2012
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| Jan 1 | Sun | New Year's Day | US & TT |
| Jan 16 | Mon | Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday | US |
| Feb 20 | Mon | Presidents' Day | US |
| Mar 30 | Fri | Spiritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation Day |
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| Apr 6 | Fri | Good Friday | TT |
| Apr 9 | Mon | Easter Monday | TT |
| May 28 | Mon | Memorial Day | US |
| May 30 | Wed | Indian Arrival Day | TT |
| Jun 7 | Thurs | Corpus Christi | TT |
| Jun 19 | Tue | Labour Day | TT |
| July 4 | Wed | Independence Day | US |
| Aug 1 | Wed | Emancipation Day | TT |
| TBA | TBA | Eid-ul-Fitr | TT |
| Aug 31 | Fri | Independence Day | TT |
| Sep 3 | Mon | Labor Day | US |
| Sep 24 | Mon | Republic Day | TT |
| Oct 8 | Mon | Columbus Day | US |
| TBA | TBA | Divali | TT |
| Nov 12 | Mon | Veterans' Day | US |
| Nov 22 | Thurs | Thanksgiving Day | US |
| Dec 25 | Tue | Christmas Day | US & TT |
| Dec 26 | Wed | Boxing Day | TT |
Carnival will be celebrated on Monday, Februry 20 and Tuesday, February 21. These dates are not considered official public holidays; however, the Embassy will be closed on these two days.
The Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr and the Hindu festival of Divali are religious public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago. Where the public holiday is a religious observance, the date is selected in accordance with the particular religious calendar. The actual dates for 2011 will be announced closer to that time.
In Trinidad and Tobago, when a public holiday falls on a Sunday, or where two public holidays fall on the same day, the following day that is not a public holiday shall be declared a public holiday.
U.S. Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes, when a holiday falls on a non-workday - Saturday or Sunday - the holiday is usually observed on the Friday before (if the holiday falls on Saturday), or on the following Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday).