;USA-West Virginia WV
;State of West Virginia
;capital: Charleston
;Time zone: Eastern: UTC-5/-4

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COMMENT=Updated May 25, 2013

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20.6.  =West Virginia/Admission Day, proclaimed Flag Flying Day ;Note=1st off. 1927, 1863, Chapter 59, Acts of the Legislature, Regular Session {d}
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}



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;yearly days - observances

12.2.  =Lincoln's Birthday*
01.4.+2Fr =West Virginia Arbor Day* ;Note=2nd Friday April {m}
31.5.-1Mo-1Sa>2004 =#2004th Julia Pierpont Day* ;Note=1st 2005, Saturday Memorial Day Weekend {m}
01.10.+3Sa>1979 =Fayetteville, Bridge Day* ;Note=3th Saturday October, 1980 completion New River Gorge Bridge {m}
01.11.%1980,2+1Mo+1Tu =Susan B. Anthony Day ;Note=Election Day (even years), West Virginia Code, CHAPTER 2., ARTICLE 2., §2-2-1a. Special memorial days
01.11.+4Th-1Su =1st day Native American Indian Heritage Week* ;Note=Sunday before Thanksgiving, West Virginia Code, CHAPTER 2., ARTICLE 2., §2-2-1a. Special memorial days
07.12. =Pearl Harbor Day ;Note=West Virginia Code, CHAPTER 2., ARTICLE 2., §2-2-1a. Special memorial days


;(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

;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

20.8.  =Wheeling Convention secedes from Virginia #1861 years ago* ;Note=1861, most of the northwestern counties of Virginia, which decided to become separated after Virginia joined the Confederate States {d}
24.10. =Kanawha formed #1861 years ago (>West Virginia)* ;Note=1861 {d}
31.12. =West Virginia Enabling Act #1862 years ago* ;Note=1862, recognizing State government & Admission pending the meeting of specific conditions {d}
20.4.  =Proclamation admitting West Virginia to the Union #1863 years ago* ;Note=1863, eff. June 20, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln {d}
20.6.  =West Virginia off. admitted to the Union #1863 years ago (35th state) ;Note=1863, Apr. 20, 1863 proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln {d}
03.2.  =West Virginia ratifies 13th Amendment #1865 years ago (abolishing slavery)* ;Note=1865, 7th state {d}
05.7.  =Fairmont, 1st US one-off observance Father's Day #1908 years ago* ;Note=1908, Grace Golden Clayton, 1st repeating June 19, 1910 Spokane WA {d}
03.5.  =West Virginia imposed 1st state sales tax #1921 years ago* ;Note=1921, eff. July 1, 1921 {d}
07.3.  =current Flag of West Virginia adopted #1929 years ago* ;Note=1929 {d}


;The entries for West Virginia 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/West_Virginia
;State Names, Seals, Flags, and Symbols - ISBN 0-313-31534-5, page 184-185