;USA-Tennessee TN ;State of Tennessee ;capital: Nashville ;Time zones ; - East Tennessee: Eastern: UTC-5/-4 ; - Middle and West: Central: UTC-6/-5 ;For a syntax description see PTBSync Help! ;If you find an error please contact: dewaelheyns(a)gmail.com LANGUAGE=UTF8 IMAGE=Holiday_US-Tennessee.gif COMMENT=Updated July 13, 2013 TYP=Holy Es-2Dy =Good Friday 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} 11.11. =Veterans' Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-101 TYP=Normal ;yearly days - observances 19.1. =Robert E. Lee's Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-101 30.1. =Franklin D. Roosevelt Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-105 12.2. =Abraham Lincoln Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-101 01.3.+1Fr =Tennessee Arbor Day* ;Note=1st Friday March {m} 10.3. =Harriet Tubman Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-111 15.3. =Andrew Jackson Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-101 29.3. =Vietnam Veterans Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-116 19.4. =Patriots' Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-114 28.4. =Workers' Memorial Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-109 01.5.+2Su =Mothers' Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-102 01.5.+4Sa =Bluegrass Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-112 01.6. =Statehood Day/Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1796, Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-103 {d} 03.6. =Confederate Decoration/Memorial Day ;Note=Jefferson Davis's birthday, Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-101 {d} 13.6. =Nathan Bedford Forrest Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-101 23.6. =John Sevier Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-110 23.6. =Wilma Rudolph Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-115 24.6. =Scottish, Scots-Irish Heritage Day* ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-108 30.6.-1Su>1996 =#1996th Descendants Day* ;Note=1st 1997 {m} 13.7. =Nathan Bedford Forrest Day* ;Note={d} 08.8. =Emancipation Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-113 31.8.-1Su =Family Day* ;Note=last Sunday August, Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-104 01.9.+4Mo =American Indian Day* ;Note=4th Monday September, Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-106 17.9. =Tennessee & United States Constitutions Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-118 01.9.+3Fr =1st day Tennessee POW/MIA Recognition Week ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-118 01.9.+3Fr+1Th =7th & last day Tennessee POW/MIA Recognition Week ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-118 30.9.-1Su =Gold Star Mother's Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-120 09.10. =Firefighters' Memorial Day ;Note=Tennessee Code, Title 15, Chapter 2, 15-2-119 ;Free Sport Fishing Day ;Note=date not specified ;(remembrance) dates by year ;(French 1682–1762/63, British 1763-) Louisiana territory contained western half of present-day Tennessee ;British Thirteen North American colonies, Southern Colonies, Province of North Carolina, later North Carolina & Tennessee 23.8. =Franklin declares independence #1784 years ago* ;Note=1784, Western North Carolina, 1788 >North Carolina, May 26, 1790 >Southwest Territory (June 1, 1796 >Tennesse) {d} 26.5. =Southwest Territory off. formed #1790 years ago (Southwest Ordinance)* ;Note=1790, land ceded by North Carolina {d} 01.6. =Tennessee off. admitted to the Union #1796 years ago (16th state) ;Note=1796, Act of Congress {d} 06.2. =Constitution of Tennessee provides Great Seal of Tennessee #1796 years ago* ;Note=1796, designed Sept. 25, 1801 {d} 25.9. =Great Seal of Tennessee is designed #1801 years ago* ;Note=1801, provided for Feb. 6, 1796 {d} 08.6. =Tennessee Secession ordinance #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d} 02.7. =Tennessee admitted to Confederate States of America (CSA) #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d} 09.1. =New constitution with abolition of slavery adopted #1865 years ago* ;Note=1865, ratified Feb. 22, 1865 {d} 22.2. =New constitution with abolition of slavery ratified #1865 years ago* ;Note=1865, adopted Jan. 9, 1865 {d} 07.4. =Tennessee ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 20th state {d} 24.7. =Tennessee readmitted to the Union #1866 years ago* ;Note=1866 {d} 17.4. =Flag of Tennessee adopted #1905 years ago* ;Note=1905, 1st raised Oct. 10, 1911 {d} 10.10. =Johnson City, Flag of Tennessee 1st raised #1911 years ago* ;Note=1911, adopted Apr. 17, 1905 {d} 12.6. =Agricultural & Industrial State Normal School opened #1912 years ago (1958 >Tennesse State University)* ;Note=1912 {d} 12.9. =West Tennessee State Normal School established #1912 years ago (1994 >University of Memphis)* ;Note=1912, University status July 1, 1994 {d} 06.9. =Memphis, 1st (total) self-serving store #1916 years ago* ;Note=1916, Clarence Saunders, Piggly Wiggly store, patent 09.10.1917 {d} 21.3. =law prohibiting teaching of evolution #1925 years ago (public schools)* ;Note=1925, Butler Act, >May 17, 1967 {d} 17.5. =law repeals law prohibiting teaching of evolution #1967 years ago* ;Note=1967, House Bill No. 48, eff. Sept. 1, 1967, repeal Butler Act (March 21, 1925) {d} 01.7. =Tennesse State University merged with University of Tennessee #1979 years ago* ;Note=1979 {d} ;The entries for Tennessee 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/Tennessee ;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 181-182 ;http://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2010/title-15/chapter-1/15-1-101/ ;http://law.justia.com/codes/tennessee/2010/title-15/chapter-2/