;USA-North Carolina NC
;State of North Carolina
;capital: Raleigh
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

;For a syntax description see PTBSync Help!
;If you find an error please contact: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com

LANGUAGE=UTF8
IMAGE=Holiday_US-North_Carolina.gif
COMMENT=Updated August 18, 2019

TYP=Holy
Es-2Dy =Good Friday*
19.1.  =Robert E. Lee's Birthday*
25.3.  =Greek Independence Day*
10.5.  =Confederate Memorial Day* ;Note={d}
20.5.  =Anniversary of Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence*
01.11.%1980,2+1Mo+1Tu =Election Day (Federal, even years) ;Note=Tuesday after the 1st Monday November, all Representatives & 1/3 of the Senate {m}

{Jewish 10.1.}  =Jewish, Yom Kippur (10 Tischri #-3761 AM) ;Note=movable day, lunar calendar

TYP=Local
20.5.  =Charlotte & Mecklenburg County, Meck-Dec Day ;Note=1775 signing Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence



TYP=Normal

;yearly day - observances

16.3.+1Fr =North Carolina Arbor Day* ;Note=Friday following March 15 {m}
09.4.  =Prisoner of War Day*
12.4.  =Halifax Resolution Day* ;Note=1776 Halifax Resolutions of Independence {d}
01.8.+1Su =American Family Day* ;Note=1st Sunday August
18.8.  =Roanoke Island, Birthday of Virginia Dare ;Note=first English child born in a New World English overseas possession {n}
30.9.-1Sa-1Su =1st day Indian Solidarity Week* ;Note=last full week September
01.10.+1Su =1st day National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week* ;Note=1st full week October
21.11. =North Carolina Ratification Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day  ;Note=1789 {d}
07.12. =Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day*
;Indian Day ;Note=unspecified day named by governor


;(remembrance) dates by year

;British Thirteen North American colonies, Southern Colonies, Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina & Tennessee

13.7.  =(OS) 1st English expedition landed in America #1584 years ago (and took possession of the land)* ;Note=1584, 7 leagues above Roanoke Island, July  23, 1584 Greg. (NS) {d}
23.7.  =(NS) 1st English expedition landed in America #1584 years ago (and took possession of the land)* ;Note=1584, 7 leagues above Roanoke Island, July  13, 1584 Jul. (OS) {d-07-13}
27.7.  =(OS) 1st English colony on north end Roanoke Island #1585 years ago* ;Note=1585, 2nd English expedition, Aug. 6, 1585 Greg. (NS) {d}
06.8.  =(NS) 1st English colony on north end Roanoke Island #1585 years ago* ;Note=1585, 2nd English expedition, Jul. 27, 1585 Jul. (OS) {d}

20.5.  =Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence #1755 years ago* ;Note=1755 {d}
12.4.  =Halifax Resolves of Independence #1776 years ago* ;Note=1776 {d}
05.4.  =North Carolina's General Assembly ratifies Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, off. signature July 21, 1778 {d}
21.7.  =Philadelphia PA, delegates North Carolina signed Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, ratification April 5, 1778 {d}
21.11. =North Carolina off. ratifies US Constitution #1789 years ago (12th state) ;Note=1789, Vote 194-77 {d}
;11.12.1789, North Carolina General Assembly chartered the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, one of the oldest public universities in the United States
13.2.  =Open. University of North Carolina #1795 years ago (1st state university in the USA)* ;Note=1795 {d}
20.5.  =North Carolina Secession ordinance #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
21.5.  =North Carolina admitted to Confederate States of America (CSA) #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
22.6.  =1st Flag of North Carolina adopted 1861 years ago* ;Note=1861, replaced March 1885 {d}
04.12. =North Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 26th state {d}
02.3.  =Second Military District formed #1867 years ago (Reconstruction Act)* ;Note=1867, North- & South-Carolina {d}
04.7.  =North Carolina readmitted to the Union #1868 years ago* ;Note=1868 {d}
07.3.  =North Carolina College of Agriculture & Mechanic Arts created #1887 years ago (1965 >North Carolina State University)* ;Note=1887 {d}
09.7.  =1st car registered in North Carolina #1909 years ago* ;Note=1909, John A. Park's Hudson {d}
05.9.  =Charlotte, 1st color video recording on magnetic tape presented #1958 years ago* ;Note=1958 {d}


;The entries for North Carolina 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/North_Carolina
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 175-176