;USA-Rhode Island RI
;State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations
;capital: Providence
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-Rhode_Island.gif
COMMENT=Updated March 24, 2013

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30.4.-1Fr =Rhode Island Arbor Day* ;Note=last Friday April {m}
04.5.  =Rhode Island Declarence of Independence Day* ;Note=1776 {d}
01.8.+2Mo =V-J Day/Victory Day     ;Note=2nd Monday August {m}
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}



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;yearly days - observances

05.1.  =George Washington Carver Recognition Day*
27.1.  =Viet Nam Veterans' Day*
15.2.  =Founders Day of the Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc.*
16.2.  =Lithuanian Independence Day*
01.3.+1We =Retired Teachers' Day*  ;Note=1st Wednesday March
01.3.+2We =Social Workers' Day*    ;Note=2nd Wednesday March
08.3.-1Su =1st day National Women's History Week* ;Note=week containing March 8
15.3.  =Peter Francisco Day*
01.4.+4Fr =Workers' Memorial Day*  ;Note=4th Friday April
21.4.  =Dauphine Day*
01.5.+1Mo =Nurses' Day*            ;Note=1st Monday May
01.5.+2Fr =Friendship Day*         ;Note=2nd Friday May
01.5.+2Fr =Rhode Island Arbor Day* ;Note=2nd Friday May
01.5.  =VFW Loyalty Day*
29.5.  =Rhode Island Ratification Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1790 {d}
01.6.+1Sa =Itam-Vets Daisy Day*    ;Note=1st Saturday June
01.6.+2Sa     =Gaspee Days*        ;Note=2nd Saturday & following Sunday June
01.6.+2Sa+1Dy =Gaspee Days*        ;Note=2nd Saturday & following Sunday June
24.6.  =Saint Jean-Baptiste Day*
02.7.  =1st day Cape Verdian Recognition Week (> July 9)*
23.7.  =1st day Puerto Rican Recognition Week (> July 29)*
27.7.  =Korean War Veterans Memorial Day*
01.8.+2Su-1Dy =Narragansett Indian Day* ;Note=Saturday before 2nd Sunday August
01.9.+3Fr =POW/MIA's Day*          ;Note=3rd Friday September
24.9.  =American Indian Heritage Day*
11.10. =General Casimir Pulaski Day*
15.10. =White Cane Safety Day*
07.12. =Disabled American Veterans Day*
;Veteran Fireman's Munster Day     ;Note=date not specified


;(remembrance) dates by year

;British Thirteen North American colonies, New England Colonies, Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations, later Rhode Island

07.3.  =Boston, settlement of Portsmouth off. established #1638 years ago* ;Note=1638, Portsmouth Compact signed {d}
24.3.  =Aquidneck (Rhode) Island purchased from the Indians #1638 years ago* ;Note=1639, Canonicus & Miantonomi sold land to Roger Williams {d}
12.5.  =Portsmouth officially named #1639 years ago* ;Note=1639, original Indian name was Pocasset, off. est. March 7, 1638 {d}
19.5.  =Portsmouth, 1st General Assembly #1647 years ago* ;Note=1647, >May 21, 1647 {d}
08.7.  =Charter of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations granted #1663 years ago* ;Note=1663, King Charles II {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}
09.9.  =Colony of Rhode Island & Providence Plantations >Dominion of New England #1686 years ago* ;Note=1686, >May 18, 1689 {d}
18.5.  =Dominion of New England collapsed #1689 years ago* ;Note=1689, Governor in Chief Edmund Andros arrested {d}
13.6.  =Rhode Island bans importation of slaves #1774 years ago (1st Britain's North American colony)* ;Note=1774 {d}
12.6.  =founding Rhode Island Navy #1775 years ago* ;Note=1775 {d}
04.5.  =colony of Rhode Island declared its independence #1776 years ago* ;Note=1776, from Great Britain {d}
09.2.  =Rhode Island's General Assembly ratifies Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, off. signature July 9, 1778 {d}
09.7.  =Philadelphia PA, delegates Rhode Island signed Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, ratification Feb. 9, 1778 {d}
29.5.  =Rhode Island off. ratifies US Constitution #1790 years ago (13th state) ;Note=1790, Vote 34-32 {d}
02.2.  =Rhode Island ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 2nd state {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 179-180