;USA-South Carolina SC
;State of South Carolina
;capital: Columbia
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

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LANGUAGE=UTF8
IMAGE=Holiday_US-South_Carolina.gif
COMMENT=Updated April 1, 2012

TYP=Holy
10.5.  =Confederate Memorial Day* ;Note={d}
26.12. =2nd Christmas Day*
;Christmas Eve may be declared a holiday by the governor



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

15.1.  =Martin Luther King Day*
19.1.  =Robert E. Lee's Birthday*
18.3.  =South Carolina Day*
01.5.  =Loyalty Day*
23.5.  =South Carolina Ratification Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1788 {d}
01.6.+1Su =1st day Garden Week*   ;Note=week beginning 1st Sunday June
03.6.  =Jefferson Davis' Birthday ;Note=1808 {d}
28.6.  =Carolina Day              ;Note=anniversary Battle of Fort Sullivan (1776), South Carolina Code Ann. sec. 53-3-140 {d}
01.10.+4Fr =Frances Willard Day*  ;Note=4th Friday October
11.10. =General Pulaski Memorial Day*
01.11.+1Fr =South Carolina Arbor Day* ;Note=1st Friday November {m}
01.12.+1Fr =Arbor Day*            ;Note=1st Friday December {m}


;(remembrance) dates by year

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

15.3.  =general assembly of South Carolina declared independence from Great Britain #1776 years ago ;Note=1776 {d}
26.3.  =general assembly of South Carolina adopts 1st constitution #1776 years ago* ;Note=1776 {d}
05.2.  =South Carolina's General Assembly ratifies Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, off. signature July 9, 1778 {d}
09.7.  =Philadelphia PA, delegates South Carolina signed Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, ratification Feb. 5, 1778 {d}
23.5.  =South Carolina off. ratifies US Constitution #1788 years ago (8th state) ;Note=1788, Vote 149-73 {d}
20.12. =South Carolina, The Citadel >educational institution #1842 years ago* ;Note=1842, combining The Citadel (Charleston) & The Arsenal (Columbia) {d}
20.12. =South Carolina Secession ordinance #1860 years ago* ;Note=1860 {d}
20.12. =Republic of South Carolina formed #1860 years ago* ;Note=seceded from the Union, >Feb. 8, 1861 {d}
28.1.  =current Flag of South Carolina adopted #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
08.2.  =South Carolina co-founded Confederate States of America (CSA) #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
08.2.  =Republic of South Carolina ended #1861 years ago* ;Note=co-founded Confederate States of America since Dec. 20, 1860 {d}
13.11. =South Carolina ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 24th state {d}
02.3.  =Second Military District formed #1867 years ago (Reconstruction Act)* ;Note=1867, North- & South-Carolina {d}
09.7.  =South Carolina readmitted to the Union #1868 years ago* ;Note=1868 {d}


;The entries for South 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/South_Carolina
;http://www.scstatehouse.net/code/t53c005.htm
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 180-181