;USA-Delaware DE
;State of Delaware
;capital: Dover
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

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LANGUAGE=UTF8
IMAGE=Holiday_US-Delaware.gif
COMMENT=Updated April 1, 2012

TYP=Holy
Es-2Dy =Good Friday*                       ;Note=Title 1, Chapter 5, §501, Delaware Code
01.10.+4Th+1Dy =Friday after Thanksgiving* ;Note=Title 1, Chapter 5, §501, Delaware Code

TYP=LocalHalf
01.11.%1980,2+1Mo+1Th =Georgetown, Return Day (even years) ;Note=Thursday after Election Day, election results are announced {m}



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

01.2.+1Mo =Lincoln's Birthday*         ;Note=1st Monday February {m}
29.3.  =Delaware Swedish Colonial Day* ;Note=1638 {d}
30.4.-1Fr =Delaware Arbor Day*         ;Note=last Friday April {m}
15.6.  =Separation Day                 ;Note=1776 {d}
01.9.+1Mo+1Sa =Native American Day*    ;Note=1st Saturday after Labor Day
07.12. =Delaware Ratification Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1787 {d}


;(remembrance) dates by year

;British Thirteen North American colonies, Middle Colonies, Delaware Colony (before 1776, the Lower Counties on Delaware), later Delaware

29.3.  =establishment 1st Swedish Colony, New Sweden #1638 years ago* ;Note=1638, Fort Christina, now Wilmington {d}
15.9.  =New Sweden incorporated into New Netherlands #1655 years ago* ;Note=1655, parts of present-day Delaware, New Jersey & Pennsylvania {d}
07.5.  =Province of New York >Dominion of New England #1688 years ago* ;Note=1688, >May 18, 1689, present states New York, New Jersey, Delaware & Vermont, portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts & Maine, eastern Pennsylvania {d}
18.5.  =Dominion of New England collapsed #1689 years ago* ;Note=1689, Governor in Chief Edmund Andros arrested {d}
15.6.  =Colonial Assembly of Delaware declared independence #1776 years ago* ;Note=1776, from Great Brittain, >Separation Day {d}
15.6.  =Colonial Assembly of Delaware approves independence United Colonies #1776 years ago* ;Note=1776 {d}
17.1.  =1st Seal of Delaware adopted #1777 years ago*   ;Note=1777, current Apr. 29, 2004 {d}
05.5.  =Delaware off. ratifies Articles of Confederation #1779 years ago*  ;Note=1779 {d}
07.12. =Delaware off. ratifies US Constitution #1787 years ago (1st state) ;Note=1787, Unanimous vote 30-0 {d}
08.2.  =Delaware rejects 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)*  ;Note=1865, Feb. 12, 1901 ratifies as 34th state {d}
15.5.  =Delaware State College established #1891 years ago (1993 >Delaware State University)* ;Note=1891 {d}
12.2.  =Delaware ratifies 13th Amendment #1901 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1901, 34th state, rejected Feb. 8, 1865 {d}
24.7.  =current Flag of Delaware adopted #1913 years ago* ;Note=1913 {d}
29.4.  =current Seal of Delaware adopted #2004 years ago* ;Note=2004 {d}


;The entries for Delaware 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/Delaware
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 159-160