;USA-Iowa IA
;State of Iowa
;capital: Des Moines
;Time zone: Central: UTC-6/DST-5

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-Iowa.gif
COMMENT=Updated June 29, 2015

TYP=Holy
12.2.  =Abraham Lincoln's Birthday*



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

01.3.+4Th =Iowa Arts Day                 ;Note=4th Thursday March {m}
21.3.     =Iowa Bird Day*                ;Note={d}
29.3.     =Iowa State Flag Day
30.4.-1Fr-1Su =1st day Arbor Week        ;Note=week with Arbor Day
30.4.-1Fr     =Iowa Arbor Day*           ;Note=last Friday April {m}
30.4.-1Fr+1Sa =7th & last day Arbor Week ;Note=week with Arbor Day
04.7.-1Su =Independence Sunday           ;Note=Sunday on or preceding the Fourth of July {d-07-04}
10.8.-3Dy+1Su =Herbert Hoover Day        ;Note=Sunday nearest August 10
31.8.-2Mo-2Th =Des Moines, 1st day Iowa State Fair (11d)   ;Note=2nd last Thursday before 2nd last Monday August {x}
31.8.-2Mo-1Su =Des Moines, 11th & last day Iowa State Fair ;Note=Sunday before 2nd last Monday August {x}
12.10.    =Columbus Day*
31.10.    =Youth Honor Day*              ;Note={d}
28.12.    =Iowa Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1846 {d}


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

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}
20.4.  =Wisconsin Territory organized #1836 years ago* ;Note=1836, eff. July 3, 1836, previously part of Michigan Territory, present states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and the eastern portion of the Dakotas {d}
03.7.  =Wisconsin Territory off. formed #1836 years ago ;Note=1836, Act Apr. 20, 1836, previously part of Michigan Territory, present states of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and the eastern portion of the Dakotas {d}
12.6.  =Iowa Territory organized #1838 years ago* ;Note=1838, eff. July 3, 1838, previously part of Wisconsin Territory {d}
03.7.  =Iowa Territory off. formed #1838 years ago* ;Note=1838, org. June 12, 1838, previously part of Wisconsin Territory {d}
03.3.  =Iowa Enabling Act #1845 years ago* ;Note=1845, authorizing formation of a State government alone {d}
28.12. =Iowa off. admitted to the Union #1846 years ago (29th state) ;Note=1846, Act of Congress {d}
25.2.  =Great Seal of Iowa approved #1847 years ago* ;Note=1847, 1st Iowa General Assembly {d}
25.2.  =State University of Iowa chartered #1847 years ago (>University of Iowa)* ;Note=1847, 1st Iowa General Assembly, opened to students March 1855 {d}
22.9.  =Fort (>City) Des Moines incorporated #1851 years ago* ;Note=1851 {d}
15.1.  =Iowa ratifies 13th Amendment #1866 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1866, 31st state {d}
29.6.  =Davenport, 1st US national bank founded #1863 years ago* ;Note=1863, First National Bank of Davenport (Charter #15), National Banking Acts (Feb. 25, 1863 & June 3, 1864) {d}
06.9.  =Iowa State Normal School opened #1876 years ago (1967 >University of Northern Iowa)* ;Note=1876 {d}


;The entries for Iowa 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/Iowa
;http://publications.iowa.gov/135/1/profile/8-15.html
;http://www.helplinelaw.com/usa-statutes/iowa/TITLE%20I%20STATE%20SOVEREIGNTY%20AND%20MANAGEMENT/PUBLIC%20HOLIDAYS%20AND%20RECOGNITION%20DAYS
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 164