;USA-Massachusetts MA ;Commonwealth of Massachusetts ;capital: Boston ;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4 ;YOU NEED MovingOperation_LUX ;For a syntax description see PTBSync Help! ;If you find an error please contact: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com LANGUAGE=UTF8 IMAGE=Holiday_US-Massachusetts.gif COMMENT=Updated March 16, 2022 TYP=Holy 19.4.<1969 =Patriot's Day ;Note=anniversary Battles of Lexington & Concord, 1969 >3th Monday April {m} 01.4.+3Mo>1968 =Patriot's Day ;Note=Apr. 19, observance 3th Monday April, anniversary Battles of Lexington & Concord {m} TYP=Local 17.3.>1940 =Suffolk County, #1940th Evacuation Day ;Note=legal holiday since 1941, same date as St. Patrick's Day {d} 17.6. =Bunker Hill Day ;Note=Boston & Suffolk County {d} TYP=Normal ;local events ;In Cambridge, Massachusetts, MIThenge occurs about January 29 and November 11, when the setting sun may be seen across the length of the 'Infinite Corridor', at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ;https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattanhenge 29.1. =Cambridge, MIThenge ;Note=setting sun may be seen across the length of the 'Infinite Corridor', at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 11.11. =Cambridge, MIThenge ;Note=setting sun may be seen across the length of the 'Infinite Corridor', at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. ;yearly days - observances 08.1. =New Orleans Day* 14.1. =Albert Schweitzer's Reverence for Life Day* 15.1. =Martin Luther King, Jr. day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15s {d} 01.2.+1Su =Tadeusz Kosciuszko Day* ;Note=1st Sunday February 01.2.+1Su =1st day Boy Scout Week* ;Note=1st full week February 04.2. =USO Appreciation Day* 06.2. =Massachusetts Ratification Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1788 {d} 12.2. =Lincoln Day* 14.2. =Congenital Heart Defect Awareness Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15jjjj {d} 15.2. =Spanish-American War Memorial Day/Maine Memorial Day* ;Note=Commemorates Spanish-American War, 1898 USS Maine blown up in Havana harbor {d} 16.2. =Lithuanian Independence Day* 19.2. =Iwo Jima Day* 20.2. =Homeless Unity Day* 28.2. =Kalevala day* ;Note=commemoration Knights & Ladies of Kalevala, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15t {d} 29.2.-1Sa-1Su =Homeless Awareness Week* ;Note=last week February (US week begins Sunday), Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ccc {m} 01.3. =1st day Irish-American Heritage Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ffff {d} 05.3. =Boston, Boston Massacre Day ;Note=1770, attack by British troops on colonial citizens {d} 07.3. =Luther Burbank Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15mmmm {d} 08.3. =Lucy Stone Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15dddd {d} 14.3. =Slovak Independence Day* 15.3. =Peter Francisco Day* 16.3. =Robert Goddard Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15aaaa {d} 17.3. =Evacuation Day ;Note=Suffolk County (legal holiday), Cambridge & Somerville, commemorates the British withdrawal from Boston (1776), same date as St. Patrick's Day {d} 25.3. =Greek Independence Day ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15rr {d} 27.3. =Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc. Day* ;Note=anniversary founding Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc., Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15j {d} 29.3. =Vietnam Veterans Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15mm {d} 31.3.-1Sa-1Su =Practical Nursing Education Week* ;Note=last full week March (US week begins Sunday), Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15uu {m} 01.4. =1st day Parliamentary Law Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15qq {d} 01.4. =1st day School Library Media Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15aaa {d} 01.4. =1st day Public Health Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15iiii {d} 01.4. =1st day Autistic Awareness Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15llll {d} 01.4.+1Fr =#1946th Student Government Day* ;Note=1st Friday April, 1st 1947 {m} 01.4.+1Su =Veterans of World War I Hospital Day* ;Note=1st Sunday April 01.4.+2Su =Aunt's and Uncle's Day* ;Note=2nd Sunday April 01.4.+4Fr =Workers’ Memorial Day* ;Note=4th Friday April {m} 09.4. =Bataan-Corregidor Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15z {d} 09.4. =Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day* 15.4.>2014 =Boston, One Boston Day ;Note=1st 2015, official and permanent holiday, second anniversary of the Boston Marathon Bombings 19.4. =Patriot's Day ;Note=anniversary of Battles of Lexington and Concord, observance 3th Monday April {d} 24.4. =Armenian Martyrs’ Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ii {d} 27.4. =School Principals' Recognition Day* 28.4. =Exercise Tiger Day* 30.4.-2Sa-1Su =1st day Licensed practical nurse week* ;Note=2nd last full week April (US week begins Sunday), Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ll {m} 30.4.-1Sa-1Su =1st day Secretaries Week* ;Note=2nd last full week April (US week begins Sunday) {m} 30.4.-1Fr =Massachusetts Arbor & Bird Day* ;Note=last Friday April, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15 {m} 01.5. =1st day Keep Massachusetts beautiful month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15o {d} 01.5. =1st day Law Enforcement Memorial Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ttt {d} 01.5.+1Th =Massachusetts Whale Awareness Day* ;Note=1st Thursday May, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15zz {m} 01.5.+2Su =Massachusetts Emergency Responders Memorial Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15rrr {m} 01.5.+2Su =1st day Emergency Management Week* ;Note=week following 2nd Sunday May, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15sss {m} 01.5.+3Sa-1Su =1st day Massachusetts National Guard week (7d)* ;Note=week preceding Armed Forces day (3th Saturday May), Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15bb {m} 01.5.+3Su =Joshua James Day* ;Note=3th Sunday May, 1st keeper Point Allerton Life Saving Station (Hull), Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15xx {m} 01.5. =Loyalty Day* 03.5. =Polish Constitution Day* 04.5. =Horace Mann Day* 15.5. =Massachusetts Police Memorial Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15jjj {d} 20.5. =Lafayette Day* ;Note=1834 death Marquis de Lafayette {d} 22.5. =Maritime Day* 23.5. =Special Needs Awareness Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15bbbb {d} 23.5. =Anniversary of the Enlistment of Deborah Samson* 29.5. =Presidents Day* ;Note=in memory of John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge & John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15w {d} 01.6. =1st day Portuguese-American Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15gggg {d} 01.6.+1Su>1975 =#1975th Teachers' Day ;Note=1st 1976 (Sept. 11), 1st Sunday June {m} 01.6.+1Mo =Retired Members of the Armed Forces Day* ;Note=1st Monday June, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15cc {m} 01.6.+1We =Public Employees Appreciation Day* ;Note=1st Wednesday June, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15tt {m} 01.6.+2Su =Fire Fighters Memorial Sunday* ;Note=2nd Sunday June, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15jj {m} 01.6.+2Su =State Walking Sunday* ;Note=2nd Sunday June, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15nn {m} 01.6.+2Su =Children's Day* ;Note=2nd Sunday June 01.6.+3Sa =Destroyer Escort Day* ;Note=3rd Saturday June 01.6.+4Su =John Carver Day* ;Note=4th Sunday June, first Governor of the Plymouth Colony, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15hh {m} 01.6.+4Su =Saint Jean de Baptiste Day* ;Note=4th Sunday June, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15oo {m} 14.6. =Flag Day* 17.6. =Anniversary of the Battle of Bunker Hill* 30.6.-1Sa =Battleship Massachusetts memorial day* ;Note=last Saturday June, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15m {m} 01.7.+3Su =Lead Poisoning Prevention Week* ;Note=3rd Sunday July 01.7. =1st day Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Awareness Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ooo {d} 22.7. =Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Day* 27.7. =Korean War Veterans Day* 01.8.+1Mo =Jamaican Independence Day* ;Note=1st Monday August 01.8.+1Fr =Youth in Government Day* ;Note=1st Friday August, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ww {m} 07.8. =Purple Heart Day* 14.8. =Social Security Day* 14.8. =Liberty Tree Day ;Note=1646, 1st public shade tree planting in the new world, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15i {d} 26.8. =Susan B. Anthony Day* ;Note=1920 certific. 19th Amendment women voting rights 31.8.-1Su-1Dy =Boston's North End, #1918th Feast of Saint Anthony* ;Note=1st 1919 {m} 31.8.-1Su =Boston's North End, #1918th Feast of Saint Anthony* ;Note=1st 1919 {m} 01.9. =1st day Literacy Awareness Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15nnn {d} 01.9.+1Mo+1Su =Grandparents' Day* ;Note=Sunday after 1st Monday September 01.9.+1Mo+1Su =1st day Alzheimer’s Awareness Week* ;Note=week following Sunday following 1st Monday September, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ggg {m} 01.9.+2Sa =Endangered Species Day* ;Note=2nd Saturday September, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ee {m} 01.9.+3Su =1st day Cystic fibrosis week (7d)* ;Note=3th full week September (US week begins Sunday), Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15k {m} 01.9.+3Fr =POW/MIA Day* ;Note=3rd Friday September 01.9.+4Sa =National hunting and fishing day* ;Note=4th Saturday September, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15w {m} 13.9. =Commodore John Barry Day* 17.9. =Constitution Day* 24.9.>1997 =Cambridge, #1997th Internet Founders Day* ;Note=1st 1998, to honor GTE Internetworking, which developed the initial hardware and software for the Arpanet (forerunner of the Internet) in 1969 {d} 01.10. =1st day Pro-Life Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ff {d} 01.10. =1st day Lupus Awareness Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15lll {d} 01.10. =1st day Head Injury Awareness Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15vvv {d} 01.10. =1st day Polish-American Heritage Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15www {d} 01.10. =1st day Italian-American Heritage Month* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15eeee {d} 01.10.+1Su =Independent Living Center Day* ;Note=1st Sunday October, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15iii {m} 01.10.+1Su =Senior Citizens' Day* ;Note=1st Sunday October 01.10.+1Su =1st day Employ Handicapped Persons Week* ;Note=1st full week October 01.10.+1Sa =Social justice for Ireland day* ;Note=1st Saturday October, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15u {m} 01.10.+3Su =Arthritis Awareness Day* ;Note=3th Sunday October, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15kkkk {m} 01.10.+4Sa =Robert Frost Day* ;Note=4th Saturday October, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15cccc {m} 08.10. =Town Meeting Day* ;Note=commemoration holding first town meeting, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15pp {d} 08.10. =Leif Ericson Day* 11.10. =Anniversary of the Death of Brigadier General Casimir Pulaski* 15.10. =White cane safety Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15v {d} 25.10. =State Constitution Day* 26.10. =Statue of Liberty Awareness Day* 31.10. =Youth Honor Day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15g {d} 01.11.+3We =1st day Silver-Haired Legislature Days (3d) ;Note=3th Wednesday November, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ddd {m} 01.11.+3We+1Dy =2nd day Silver-Haired Legislature Days (3d) 01.11.+3We+2Dy =3th & last day Silver-Haired Legislature Days 10.11. =United States Marine Corps day* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15q {d} 20.11. =1st day Time period for survivors of homicide victims awareness (>Dec. 20)* ;Note=Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15hhhh {d} 30.11.-1Su =John F. Kennedy day* ;Note=last Sunday November, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15l {m} 01.12.+1Su =Disabled American Veterans' Hospital Day* ;Note=1st Sunday December 01.12.+2Sa =Army & Navy Union Day* ;Note=2nd Saturday December 07.12. =Pearl Harbor Day* 08.12. =1st day Civil Rights Week (> Dec. 15)* 20.12. =Samuel Slater Day* ;Note=beginning America’s Industrial Revolution, Samuel Slater established his 1st mill, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15ppp {d} 22.12.*LUX =Plymouth, #1768th Forefathers' Day ;Note=1st 1769, 1620 Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock Dec. 21, 1620 (NS) Dec. 11, 1620 Jul. (OS) {d} ;In adjusting the date to the Gregorian calendar, the anniversary was erroneously established on December 22 instead of December 21 25.12. =1st day Clara Barton Week* ;Note=week commencing December 25, Massachusetts Code, pt.1, ch.6, 15yyy {d} ;(remembrance) dates by year ;British Thirteen North American colonies, New England Colonies, Province of Massachusetts Bay, later Massachusetts & Maine 15.5. =Cape Cod named by Bartholomew Gosnold #1602 years ago* ;Note=1602, was Cape St. James {d} 10.4. =charters for future New England issued #1606 years ago* ;Note=1606, King James I, modern states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont & Massachusetts {d} 03.11. =Plymouth (UK), Council New England incorp. #1620 years ago* ;Note=1620, Royal charter, name New England off. sanctioned, modern states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont & Massachusetts {d} 11.11. =(OS) 1st landing Mayflower Pilgrims, signing Mayflower Compact #1620 years ago* ;Note=1620, Provincetown Harbor, Nov. 21, 1620 Greg. (NS), compact replaced by patent June 1, 1621 {d} 21.11. =(NS) 1st landing Mayflower Pilgrims, signing Mayflower Compact #1620 years ago* ;Note=1620, Provincetown Harbor, Nov. 11, 1620 Jul. (OS), compact replaced by patent June 1, 1621 {d} 25.12. =(OS) Plymouth founded #1621 years ago ;Note=1620, after weeks of scouting, Jan. 4, 1621 Greg. (NS) {d} 04.1. =(NS) Plymouth founded #1621 years ago ;Note=1621, after weeks of scouting, Dec. 25, 1620 Jul. (OS) {d} 01.6. =(OS) England, patent Plymouth-settlement #1621 years ago* ;Note=1621, John Peirce, Council for New England, June 11, 1621 Greg. (NS), replaced Mayflower Compact (Nov. 11, 1620 OS) {d} 19.3. =Massachusetts Colony founded #1628 years ago* ;Note=1628, by the English {d} 13.1. =England, patent government Plymouth-settlement #1630 years ago* ;Note=1629/30, William Bradford, Council for New England {d} 22.2. =Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1st public observance of Thanksgiving #1630 years ago* ;Note=1630, frequently thereafter, 1680 >annual festival, 1st thanksgiving 08.9.1565 Florida {d} 17.9. =Boston founded #1630 years ago* ;Note=1630 {d} 20.5. =(OS) Dorchester, 1st public elementary school #1639 years ago (North America)* ;Note=1693, Mather School, May 30, 1639 Greg. (NS), 1st school funded by community taxes {d} 30.5. =(NS) Dorchester, 1st public elementary school #1639 years ago (North America)* ;Note=1693, Mather School, May 20, 1639 Jul. (OS), 1st school funded by community taxes {d-05.20} 08.9. =(OS) ‘New College’ incorporated #1636 years ago (March 13, 1639 >Harvard College)** ;Note=oldest US institution of higher learning, Sep. 18 Greg. (NS) {d} 18.9. =(NS) ‘New College’ incorporated #1636 years ago (March 13, 1639 >Harvard College)** ;Note=oldest US institution of higher learning, Sep. 8 Jul. (OS) {d} 19.5. =Boston, United Colonies of New England formed #1643 years ago* ;Note=1643, >1684, British colonies of Massachusetts (including New Hampshire & Maine), Plymouth, Connecticut & New Haven {d} 06.3. =Pilgrim Bay Colony, 1st colonial machine patent #1646 years ago** ;Note=1646, Joseph Jenkes, Massachusetts General Court {d} 27.5. =Massachusetts Bay Mint Act #1652 years ago (>1st American mint)* ;Note=1652 {d} 29.6. =Charlestown, 1st recorded Thanksgiving by proclamation of the town's governing council #1671 years ago* ;Note=1671, 1st thanksgiving 08.9.1565 Florida, 1st public thanksgiving 22.2.1630 Massachusetts {d} 15.5. =1st copyright law enacted by Massachusetts #1672 years ago* ;Note=1672, Massachusetts General Court {d} 03.6. =decree est. Dominion of New England #1686 years ago* ;Note=1686, King James II of England, Colony Massachusetts Bay, Colony New Plymouth, Province New Hampshire, Province Maine & Narraganset Country or King's Province, >May 18, 1689 {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} 03.2. =Massachusetts Bay Colony, 1st paper money in America #1690 years ago* ;Note=1690 {d} 07.10. =Province of Massachusetts Bay organized as a crown colony #1691 years ago* ;Note=1691, charter enacted May 14, 1692 {d} 14.5. =charter Province of Massachusetts Bay enacted #1692 years ago* ;Note=1692, William and Mary, org. Oct. 7, 1691, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Plymouth Colony, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, Province of Maine & what is now Nova Scotia {d} 14.9. =Boston Harbor, 1st lighthouse in America #1716 years ago* ;Note=1716, Little Brewster Island, 1st lighted just before sunset {d} 16.12. =Boston Tea Party #1773 years ago** ;Note=1773 {d} 10.3. =Massachusetts's General Assembly ratifies Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, off. signature July 9, 1778 {d} 09.7. =Philadelphia PA, delegates Massachusetts signed Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, ratification March 10, 1778 {d} 15.6. =Massachusetts Constitution, all people free and equal #1780 years ago* ;Note=1780 {d} 13.12. =Seal of Massachusetts adopted #1780 years ago* ;Note=1780 {d} 06.2. =Massachusetts off. ratifies US Constitution #1788 years ago (6th state) ;Note=1788, Vote 187-168 {d} 13.12. =Boston, 1st US chartered savings bank #1816 years ago* ;Note=1816, Provident Institution for Savings {d} 15.3. =Maine separated from Massachusetts #1820 years ago 23.2. =Boston incorporated as a city #1822 years ago* ;Note=1822 {d} 23.7. =Boston, open. 1st US swimming school #1827 years ago* ;Note=1827 {d} 02.3. =Boston, act incorporating 1st US Asylum for the Blind #1829 years ago* ;Note=1829, New England Asylum for the Blind {d} 29.12. =Boston, 1e VS Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) #1851 years ago (1st in the USA)* ;Note=1851, 1st North-America (Canada) Nov. 25, 1851, 1st UK June 6, 1844 {d} 28.4. =Boston, 1st fire alarm telegraph system (worldwide) in service #1852 years ago (12:00)* ;Note=1852, 1st alarm Apr. 29, 1852 20:25 {d} 20.3. =Reading Room Boston Public Library officially opened #1854 years ago (1st US)* ;Note=1854, circulation department May 2, 1854 {d} 02.5. =Circulation department Boston Public Library opened #1854 jaar geleden (1st US)* ;Note=1854, Reading Room March 20, 1854 {d} 07.2. =Massachusetts ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 11th state {d} 24.5. =Boston, 1st recorded bike-race (in the USA) #1878 years ago* ;Note=1878 {d} 01.9. =Boston, 1st underground metro in North America #1897 years ago* ;Note=1897 {d} 20.9. =Springfield, 1st gas-powered U.S.-built automobile road-tested #1893 years ago* ;Note=1893, Charles Duryea, 2nd test Nov. 10, 1893 {d} 19.4. =Boston, 1st marathon #1897 years ago (12:19 p.m.)* ;Note=1897, fixed date till 1968, 1969 > 3rd Mondag April {d} 15.10. =Boston, inauguration Symphony Hall #1900 years ago* ;Note=1900 {d} 06.3. =Springfield, individually packaged frozen foods 1st time on sale #1930 years ago** ;Note=1930, Birds Eye Frosted Foods, US patent Aug. 12, 1930 {d} 02.3. =Massachusetts voted to ratify the Bill of Rights #1939 years ago* ;Note=1939, in effect from Dec. 15, 1791, failed to send official notice to national government in 1790 {d} ;The entries for Massachusetts 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/Massachusetts ;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 167-170