;USA-Virginia VA
;Commonwealth of Virginia
;capital: Richmond
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

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COMMENT=Updated March 3, 2021

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31.5.-1Mo =Confederate Memorial Day* ;Note=Same as Memorial Day {m}
01.10.+2Mo =Yorktown Victory Day* ;Note=2nd Monday October, along with Columbus Day
01.11.+4Th+1Dy =Friday following Thanksgiving Day*



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;yearly days - observances

01.1.+2Su =1st day Religious Freedom Week* ;Note=2nd full week January
19.1.>1888<1904     =Robert E. Lee's birthday ;Note=1989-1903, 1904 >Lee–Jackson Day {n}
19.1.>1903<1984     =Lee–Jackson Day      ;Note=1904>1983, 1984 >3rd Monday January
01.1.+3Mo>1983<2001 =Lee-Jackson-King Day ;Note=3rd Monday January, 2001 >Friday before {m}
01.1.+3Mo-1Fr>2000<2021 =Lee-Jackson Day      ;Note=Friday before the 3rd Monday January {m}
13.1.>2006 =#2006th Korean American Day*  ;Note=1st 2007 {d}
19.1.  =1st day Virginia & American History Month (> Feb. 22)*
26.1.  =Asian-Indian American Day*  ;Note={d}
26.1.  =Motherhood & Apple Pie Day*
30.1.>2015 =#2015th Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution* ;Note=1st 2016, HJ 641 Fred Korematsu Day of Civil Liberties and the Constitution, 02/25/15  House: Bill text as passed House and Senate (HJ641ER) {d}
03.3.>2019 =Charlottesville, #2019th Liberation and Freedom Day ;Note=1st 2020, unanimous vote, on July 1, 2019 {n}
01.4.+2Su =1st day Landscape Architecture Week in Virginia ;Note=2nd full week April
01.4.+3Sa =Dogwood Day*             ;Note=3rd Saturday April
08.4.  =Bone Marrow Donor Programs Recognition Day*
13.4.<2020 =Charlottesville, birthday of Thomas Jefferson ;Note=last 2019, founder of the University of Virginia {n}
26.4.  =Cape Henry Day*             ;Note={d}
29.4.>2006 =#2006th Dale Earnhardt Day* ;Note=1st 2007, Resolution HJ 725 {d}
30.4.-1Fr =Virginia Arbor Day*      ;Note=last Friday April {m}
01.5.+1Th =Commonwealth Day of Prayer* ;Note=1st Thursday May
13.5.  =Jamestown Day*              ;Note=1607, arrival, landing the next day {d}
01.6.+3Sa>2006 =#2006th Juneteenth Freedom Day* ;Note=3th Saturday June, 1st 2007 {m}
02.6.  =First Lady's Day in Virginia*
03.6.>2000 =#2000th Jack Jouett Day ;Note=1st 2001, bill HJ33ER (May 10, 2001), 1781 heroic ride of Jack Jouett {d}
06.6.  =Confederate Memorial Day*   ;Note={d}
25.6.  =Virginia Ratification Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1788 {d}
30.7.  =Crater Day*                 ;Note=1864 unseccessful attempt blowing up the forts, craters were left by the explosions {d}
17.9.  =Citizenship Day*
17.9.  =1st day Constitution Week (> Sep. 23)*
30.9.-1Sa-1Su =1st day Native American Indian Week* ;Note=last full week September
19.10. =Yorktown, Yorktown Day*     ;Note=end Battle of Yorktown #1781 years ago {d}
22.10. =Early Childhood & Day-Care Providers & Professionals Recognition Day*
31.10.-1Sa =Virginia Drug Free Day* ;Note=Saturday last week October
01.11.+2Sa =Vietnam War Memorial Dedication & Veterans' Recognition Day* ;Note=2nd Saturday November
01.11.+4Th-1We =Day of Appreciation for American Indians* ;Note=Wednesday preceding Thanksgiving
07.12. =Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day*
15.12. =Bill of Rights Day*

;regular days

02.11.%1979,4+1Tu =Election Day (Gubernatorial, every 4 years) ;Note=first Tuesday after the first Monday in November


;(remembrance) dates by year

;British Thirteen North American colonies, Southern Colonies, (Virginia & Maryland comprised the Chesapeake Colonies)
;British Thirteen North American colonies, Southern Colonies, Colony & Dominion of Virginia, later Virginia, Kentucky & West Virginia

10.4.  =London, 1st Virginia Charter #1606 years ago* ;Note=1606, James I, 2nd May 23, 1609, 1624 >Royal colony {d}
;1606, London Company's patent was for the southern Virginia territory
;1606, Plymouth Company's patent was for the northern Virginia territory
26.4.  =English landed at Cape Henry #1607 years ago* ;Note=1607 {d}
14.5.  =(OS) founding Jamestown #1607 years ago* ;Note=1607, 1st permanent English colony North America, May 24, 1607 Greg. (NS) {d-05-14}
24.5.  =(NS) founding Jamestown #1607 years ago* ;Note=1607, 1st permanent English colony North America, May 14, 1607 Jul. (OS) {d-05-14}
23.5.  =London, 2nd Virginia Charter #1609 years ago* ;Note=1609, James I, 1st Apr. 10, 1606 {d}
30.7.  =1st meeting 1st elected legislative assembly in the New World #1619 years ago ;Note=1619, House of Burgesses, in the Jamestown church {d}
20.8.  =Jamestown, arrival 1st black-Africans #1619 years ago* ;Note=1619, 1st blacks to be forcibly settled as involuntary laborers in the North American British Colonies {d}
04.12. =Berkeley Hundred, 1st yearly day of thanksgiving #1619 years ago* ;Note=1619, Captain John Woodleaf, required by charter, 1st thanksgiving Sept. 8, 1565 Florida {d}
;1624, Corporate colony (granted by Royal charter to a Company of investors who have governing rights) >Royal colony (subject to the governing authority of the granting Royalty)
;11.1.1639, King Charles I grants colonists the right to call their General Assembly
08.3.  =Northampton County, 1st legally recognized slave #1655 years ago (England's North American colonies)* ;Note=1655, John Casor {d}
30.7.  =Declaration of the People of Virginia issued #1676 years ago* ;Note=1676, Nathaniel Bacon & his makeshift army {d}
15.5.  =Virginia declared a free & independent state #1776 years ago ;Note=1776, Fifth Virginia Convention {d}
29.6.  =Virginia Convention adopted a constitution #1776 years ago  ;Note=which established an independent commonwealth {d}
16.12. =Virginia's General Assembly ratifies Articles of Confederation #1777 years ago (1st)* ;Note=1777, off. signature July 9, 1778 {d}
09.7.  =Philadelphia PA, delegates Virginia signed Articles of Confederation #1778 years ago* ;Note=1778, ratification Dec. 16, 1777 {d}
16.1.  =Virginia General Assembly adopted Religious Freedom Statute #1786 years ago* ;Note=1786, drafted in 1779 by Thomas Jefferson {d}
25.6.  =Virginia off. ratifies US Constitution #1788 years ago (10th state) ;Note=1788, Vote 89-79 {d}
;03.12.1789, Virginia General Assembly passed an act, allowing it to cede land for the federal district
;19.12.1794, the Virginia General Assembly official established the town of Charleston, Virginia (later to become part of West Virginia). The first settlers had arrived in 1788
17.4.  =Virginia Secession ordinance #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
07.5.  =Virginia admitted to Confederate States of America (CSA) #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
09.2.  =Virginia ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 12th state {d}
02.3.  =First Military District formed #1867 years ago (Reconstruction Act)* ;Note=1867, Virginia {d}
26.1.  =Virginia readmitted to the Union #1870 years ago* ;Note=1870 {d}
06.3.  =Virginia Normal & Collegiate Institute founded #1882 years ago (1979 >Virginia State University)* ;Note=1882, opened Oct. 1, 1883 {d}
01.6.  =1st car registered in Virginia #1906 years ago* ;Note=1906, Carl Leroy Armentrout of Staunton {d}
;1989 First African-American elected governor of a U.S. state: Douglas Wilder of Virginia


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virginia
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