;USA-Arkansas AR
;State of Arkansas
;capital: Little Rock
;Time zone: Central: UTC-6/DST-5

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-Arkansas.gif
COMMENT=Updated August 4, 2013

TYP=Holy
01.1.+3Mo =Robert E. Lee's Birthday ;Note=Feb. 19, observed with Martin Luther King Day {d-02-19}
01.2.+3Mo =George Washington's Birthday & #2000th Daisy Gatson Bates Day ;Note={m}



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

Es-1Dy =Confederate Flag Day*      ;Note=Saturday preceding Easter Sunday
26.1.  =General Douglas MacArthur Day* ;Note=birthd. 1880, Little Rock {d}
12.2.  =Abraham Lincoln's Birthday*
19.2.  =Robert E. Lee's Birthday   ;Note=observed with MLK Day {d}
16.2.  =Daisy Gatson Bates Day     ;Note=observed with Washington's Birthday
01.3.+1Tu =Arkansas Teachers' Day* ;Note=1st Tuesday March
01.3.+1Fr =Arkansas Agriculture Recognition Day* ;Note=1st Friday March
01.3.+3Mo =Arkansas Arbor Day*     ;Note=3th Monday March {m}
09.4.  =Prisoners of War Remembrance Day*
19.4.  =Patriots' Day*
26.4.  =Arkansas Bird Day*
01.5.+2Su-1Dy>1981 =1st day #1981th Arkansas Heritage Week (9d)   ;Note=1st 1982, week after Mother's Day, but including Mother's Day weekend {m}
01.5.+3Su>1981     =9th & last day #1981th Arkansas Heritage Week ;Note=1st 1982, week after Mother's Day, but including Mother's Day weekend {m}
01.6.+1Su     =1st day National Garden Week ;Note=1st full week June
03.6.  =Jefferson Davis's Birthday*
15.6.  =Arkansas Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1836 {d}
04.8.>2010 =#2010th Johnny Cash Day* ;Note=1st 2011 {d}
14.8.  =World War II Memorial Day*
01.9.+3Fr =POW/MIA Recognition Day* ;Note=3rd Friday September
12.10. =Columbus Day*
15.10. =White Can Safety Day*


;(remembrance) dates by year
;(French 1682–1762 & 1802–1804, Spanish 1762-1802) Louisiana territory contained all of present-day Arkansas

09.4.  =La Louisiane claimed for France #1682 years ago* ;Note=1682, René-Robert Cavelier Sieur de la Salle, administrative district of New France {d}
02.3.  =Arkansas Territory organized #1819 years ago* ;Note=1819, eff. July 4, 1809, previously part of Missouri Territory {d}
04.7.  =Arkansas Territory off. formed #1819 years ago ;Note=1819, org. March 2, 1819, previously part of Missouri Territory {d}
15.6.  =Arkansas off. admitted to the Union #1836 years ago (25th state) ;Note=1836, Enabling Act also served as Act of Admission {d}
23.6.  =Supplementary Arkansas Enabling Act adopted by Congress #1836 years ago* ;Note=1836, accepted Arkansas Oct. 18, 1836 {d}
18.10. =Ordinance Arkansas General Assembly accepting Supplementary Arkansas Enabling Act #1836 years ago* ;Note=1836, June 23, 1836 Act of Congress {d}
06.5.  =Arkansas Secession ordinance #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
18.5.  =Arkansas admitted to Confederate States of America (CSA) #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
14.4.  =Arkansas ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 21st state {d}
02.3.  =Fourth Military District formed #1867 years ago (Reconstruction Act)* ;Note=1867, Arkansas & Mississippi {d}
22.6.  =Arkansas readmitted to the Union #1868 years ago* ;Note=1868 {d}
26.2.  =Flag of Arkansas adopted #1913 years ago* ;Note=1913, 1923 4th star added {d}


;The entries for Arkansas were added by: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com - http://users.telenet.be/wdew/
;The abbreviations {d} {m} {e} {y} ... are explained on http://users.telenet.be/wdew/Basis%20PTB/BasisEN.htm
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 157