;USA-Washington WA
;State of Washington
;capital: Olympia
;Time zone: Pacific: UTC-8/-7

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IMAGE=Holiday_US-Washington.gif
COMMENT=Updated October 13, 2014

TYP=Holy
01.11.+4Th+1Dy =Friday following Thanksgiving Day*

TYP=Local
01.10.+2Mo =Seattle, Indigenous Peoples Day ;Note=1st 2014, celebrated in lieu of Columbus Day (2nd Monday October) {m}


TYP=Normal

;yearly days - observances

26.1.  =Washington Army & Air National Guard Day*
01.4.+2We =Washington Arbor Day* ;Note=2nd Wednesday April {m}
09.4.  =Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day*
07.8.  =Puple Heart Recipient Recognition Day*
12.10. =Columbus Day*
11.11. =Washington Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1889 {d}


;(remembrance) dates by year

10.10. =Lewis and Clark Expedition entered the state #1805 years ago
12.4.  =1st colonists on Pacific coast #1811 years ago* ;Note=1811, Fort Astoria {d}
15.6.  =Britain ceded their claims to Washington with the Treaty of Oregon #1846 years ago
02.3.  =Washington Territory off. formed #1853 years ago* ;Note=1853, previously part of Oregon Territory {d}
04.11. =Seattle, off. opening University of Washington #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861 {d}
22.2.  =Washington Enabling Act #1889 years ago* ;Note=1889, authorizing formation of a State government and Admission thereafter {d}
11.11. =Washington off. admitted to the Union #1889 years ago (42nd state) ;Note=1889, Proclamation by President Benjamin Harrison {d}
02.5.  =1st car registered in Washington #1905 years ago* ;Note=1905, S. A. Perkins of Tacoma, Pope-Toledo touring car {d}
19.6.  =Spokane, 1st US repeating Father's Day #1910 years ago* ;Note=1910, Sonora Smart Dodd, 1st one-off July 5, 1908 Fairmont WV {d}


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;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_holidays_of_the_United_States
;http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington
;http://www.historylink.org/essays/output.cfm?file_id=5366
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 184