;USA-Mississippi MS
;State of Mississippi
;capital: Jackson
;Time zone: Central: UTC-6/-5

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-Mississippi.gif
COMMENT=Updated May 8, 2020

TYP=Holy
Es-7Tu =Mardi Gras
01.1.+3Mo =Robert E. Lee's Birthday* ;Note=3th Monday January, along with Martin Luther King, Jr.
30.4.-1Mo =Confederate Memorial Day  ;Note=last Monday April, Section 3-3-7, Mississippi Code of 1972 {m}



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

19.1.  =Robert E. Lee's Birthday   ;Note=observed 3th Monday January
01.2.+2Fr =Mississippi Arbor Day*  ;Note=2nd Friday February {m}
07.4.  =Mississippi Territory Day* ;Note={d}
08.5.  =Hernando de Soto Day*
08.5.  =Columbus, Eight o' May (Emancipation Day) ;Note={n}
31.5.-1Mo =Jefferson Davis' Birthday celebration ;Note=combined with Memorial Day {m}
03.6.  =Jefferson Davis' Birthday  ;Note=1808, celebration last Monday May (Memorial Day) {d}
16.8.  =Elvis Aaron Presley Day*
15.9.  =Our Lady of Sorrows, patron saint of the state of Mississippi ;Note={d}
01.11.+4Th-1Su =Retired Teachers Day* ;Note=Sunday preceding Thanksgiving Day
10.12. =Mississippi Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1817 {d}

;regular days

02.11.%1979,4+1Tu =Election Day (Gubernatorial, every 4 years) ;Note=first Tuesday after the first Monday in November


;(remembrance) dates by year
;(French 1682–1762/63, British 1763-) Louisiana territory contained all of present-day Mississippi

01.5.  =Fort Maurepas (Old Biloxi) completed #1699 years ago* ;Note=1699, 1st permanent French outpost French Louisiana, present-day Ocean Springs, MS {d}
07.4.  =Mississippi Territory off. formed #1798 years ago ;Note=1798, previously land ceded to the United States by the State of Georgia, included Alabama {d}
23.9.  =Republic of West Florida established #1810 years ago* ;Note=1810, >Dec. 10, 1810, modern states of Louisiana & Mississippi {d}
26.9.  =declaration of independence Republic of West Florida signed #1810 years ago* ;Note=1810, with request for annexation by US, modern states of Louisiana & Mississippi {d}
27.10. =US proclamation to take possession of parts of West Florida #1810 years ago* ;Note=1810, President James Madison, modern states of Louisiana & Mississippi {d}
10.12. =Republic of West Florida annexed to the US #1810 years ago* ;Note=1810, Baton Rouge taken, incorporated into Territory of Orleans, modern states of Louisiana & Mississippi {d}
01.3.  =Mississippi Enabling Act #1817 years ago* ;Note=1817, authorizing formation of a State government and Admission thereafter {d}
10.12. =Mississippi off. admitted to the Union #1817 years ago (20th state) ;Note=1817, Joint Resolution of Congress {d}
09.1.  =Mississippi Secession ordinance #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
08.2.  =Mississippi co-founded Confederate States of America (CSA) #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
;1861, 1st flag >1865
05.12. =Mississippi rejects 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, March 16, 1995 ratifies as 36th & last state {d}
;1865, 1st flag declared to be "null and void" by a state constitutional convention >1894
02.3.  =Fourth Military District formed #1867 years ago (Reconstruction Act)* ;Note=1867, Arkansas & Mississippi {d}
30.5.  =Columbus, Memorial Day 1st observed #1868 years ago* ;Note=1868, 2 women placed flowers on both Confederate & Union graves {d}
23.2.  =Mississippi readmitted to the Union #1870 years ago* ;Note=1870 {d}
13.5.  =Mississippi, Alcorn University established #1871 years ago (1974 >Alcorn State University)* ;Note=1871 {d}
;1894, 2nd flag >30.6.2020
15.9.  =Mississippi, Delta State Teachers College opened #1925 years ago (1974 >Delta State University)* ;Note=1925 {d}
16.3.  =Mississippi ratifies 13th Amendment #1995 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1995, 36th & last state, rejected Dec. 5, 1865, ratified 16.3.1995, off. notified 07.2.2013 {d}
07.2.>2012 =Mississippi off. notified the ratification of the 13th Amendment #2013 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=2013, rejected Dec. 5, 1865, ratified 16.3.1995, off. notified 07.2.2013 {d}
;30.6.2020, vote, retirement 2nd flag >03.11.2020
;03.11.2020, referendum 3rd flag



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;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/Mississippi
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 171