;USA-Vermont VT
;State of Vermont
;capital: Montpelier
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4 (DST)

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COMMENT=Updated May 28, 2012

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01.3.+1Tu =Town Meeting Day*  ;Note=1st Tuesday May {m}
16.8.  =Bennington Battle Day ;Note=1777 {d}



TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

12.2.  =Lincoln's Birthday*
04.3.  =Vermont Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1791 {d}
01.5.+1Fr =Vermont Arbor Day*         ;Note=1st Friday May {m}
01.5.+1Sa>1969 =#1969th Green Up Day* ;Note=1st Saturday May, 1st 1970 {m}
01.9.+3Fr =POW/MIA Recognition Day*   ;Note=3rd Friday September


;(remembrance) dates by year

;British Thirteen North American colonies, Middle Colonies, Province of New York, later New York & Vermont

10.4.  =charters for future New England issued #1606 years ago* ;Note=1606, King James I, modern states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont & Massachusetts {d}
30.7.  =French explorer Samuel de Champlain claimed the area of what is now Lake Champlain #1609 years ago
03.11. =Plymouth (UK), Council New England incorp. #1620 years ago* ;Note=1620, Royal charter, name New England off. sanctioned, modern states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont & Massachusetts {d}
10.8.  =1st patent granted establ. Province of Maine #1622 years ago* ;Note=1622, present-day U.S. states of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont & the Canadian province of Quebec {d}
07.5.  =Province of New York >Dominion of New England #1688 years ago* ;Note=1688, >May 18, 1689, present states New York, New Jersey, Delaware & Vermont, portions of Connecticut, Massachusetts &d Maine, eastern Pennsylvania {d}
18.5.  =Dominion of New England collapsed #1689 years ago* ;Note=1689, Governor in Chief Edmund Andros arrested {d}
15.1.  =New Connecticut declared independent Republic #1777 years ago (June 2, 1777 >Vermont)* ;Note=1777 {d}
02.6.  =New Connecticut renamed Vermont #1777 years ago* ;Note=1777, 2nd Convention {d}
04.7.  =1st constitution Vermont drafted #1777 years ago* ;Note=1777, Windsor Tavern, adopted July 8, 1777 {d}
08.7.  =1st constitution Vermont adopted #1777 years ago* ;Note=1777, drafted July 4, 1777 {d}
;July 8, 1777 >March 4, 1791, Vermont was technically a sovereign nation
08.7.  =Vermont, 1st US State to abolish slavery #1777 years ago* ;Note=1777, 1st constitution adopted {d}
10.1.  =Vermont off. ratifies US Constitution #1791 years ago (14th & 1st new state) ;Note=1791, Vote 108-5, off. adm. March 4, 1791 {d}
04.3.  =Vermont off. admitted to the Union #1791 years ago (14th state) ;Note=1791, Feb. 18, 1791 Act of Congress {d}
01.5.  =1st Flag of Vermont in use #1804 years ago* ;Note=1804, >Oct. 20, 1837 {d}
18.12. =1st election in which women were allowed to vote #1880 years ago* ;Note=1880 {d}
20.10. =2nd Flag of Vermont in use #1837 years ago* ;Note=1837, >June 1, 1923 {d}
08.3.  =Vermont ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 19th state {d}
01.5.  =Vermont automobiles had to be registered #1905 years ago* ;Note=1905, law enacted Dec. 1904 {d}
01.6.  =current (3th) Flag of Vermont adopted #1923 years ago* ;Note=1923 {d}


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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/Vermont
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 183