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Public Holidays 2009

The American Embassy will observe the following United States (US) and Trinidad & Tobago (TT) holidays in 2009

Date	Day	Public Holiday	Country
Jan 1	Thurs	New Year's Day	US & TT
Jan 19	Mon	Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday	US
Feb 16	Mon	Presidents' Day	US
Mar 30	Mon	Spiritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation	TT
		Day
Apr 10	Fri	Good Friday	TT
Apr 13	Mon	Easter Monday	TT
May 25	Mon	Memorial Day	US
May 30	Sat	Indian Arrival Day	TT
Jun 11	Thurs	Corpus Christi	TT
Jun 19	Fri	Labour Day	TT
July 4	Sat	Independence Day (*)	US
Aug 1	Sat	Emancipation Day	TT
Aug 31	Mon	Independence Day	TT
Sep 7	Mon	Labor Day	US
Sep 24	Thurs	Republic Day	TT
Oct 12	Mon	Columbus Day	US
Nov 11	Wed	Veterans' Day	US
Nov 26	Thurs	Thanksgiving Day	US
Dec 25	Fri	Christmas Day	US & TT
Dec 26	Sat	Boxing Day	TT

Carnival will be celebrated on Monday, February 23 and Tuesday, February 24. These dates are not considered official public holidays; however, the Embassy will be closed on these two days.

(*) July 4 falls on a Saturday, therefore Friday, July 3 will be treated as a holiday.

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 2009 will be announced closer to that time but are tentatively scheduled for Monday, September 21 and Saturday, October 17.

Please note that 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.