# Are there any current observances in the U.S. that could become federal holidays in the foreseeable future? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [June 19, 2023, 3:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778 "2023-06-19T15:24:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/21 "2023-06-20T22:04:59Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > IMO, most of the people who think making Election Day a holiday would increase voter turnout have never had a job where they have to work holidays. It’d probably a hijack but I agree. A random Tuesday holiday will be buried in everything outside of government, banks and the financial markets. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/22 "2023-06-20T23:36:37Z")
> [@dalej42](#): > > > [@Smapti](#): > > > > IMO, most of the people who think making Election Day a holiday would increase voter turnout have never had a job where they have to work holidays. > > It’d probably a hijack but I agree. A random Tuesday holiday will be buried in everything outside of government, banks and the financial markets.   Election Day could be on a Monday. ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/23 "2023-06-20T23:40:28Z")
That won’t increase voter turnout either. The people taking a trip for the 3 days weekend won’t think to get absentee ballots. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2023, 11:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/24 "2023-06-20T23:45:56Z")
Still wouldn’t make a difference for the millions of Americans who have to show up for work whether it’s a holiday or not. ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_the_turtle/32/2926_2.png) [@Fear\_the\_Turtle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_the_Turtle)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/25 "2023-06-21T22:40:31Z")
As a Federal Employee I always felt we needed something between President’s Day (late Feb) and Memorial Day (late May). I think Patriot’s Day (April) is a good fit and celebrates the first battles of the Revolutionary War. ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/26 "2023-06-21T23:06:43Z")
Interesting that in the financial markets, we observe Good Friday as a holiday which does give us something between President’s Day and Memorial Day ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2023, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/27 "2023-06-21T23:08:35Z")
I hope the next one is Groundhog Day. That way if I get stuck in a time loop it will be on a holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Zoobi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/13edae/32.png) [@Zoobi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zoobi)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/28 "2025-04-27T23:06:50Z")
Welp you can strike out Indigenous Peoples’ Day for the rest of our lives at least. ---
**Author:** ![Kropotkin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kropotkin/32/18045_2.png) [@Kropotkin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kropotkin)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 11:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/29 "2025-04-27T23:17:57Z")
Look to 14 June as Trump Day. But it won’t be a paid holiday. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/30 "2025-04-27T23:22:43Z")
> [@Kropotkin](#): > > Look to 14 June as Trump Day. But it won’t be a paid holiday. Here in Western PA county government we get that day as a paid holiday (Flag Day). ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 27, 2025, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/31 "2025-04-27T23:34:58Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > “How racist do you have to be to oppose this holiday? You don’t have to _do_ anything. Just not go to work.” I think that was John Henton > **[COMEDY : Henton Flies High After 'Tonight Show' Leap](https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-07-30-ol-4882-story.html)** > > Rock stars, says comedian John Henton, are just plain strange. > The comic from Cleveland’s take on rock stars, rap music, Arizona’s refusal to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday (“you got to be prejudiced as hell not to take a day off from work”) and the dumb things he encounters on the road all helped him win the 1991 Johnny Walker National Comedy Search. I vaguely remember that standup special, and him saying if the government made KKK day a national holiday he’d be in his backyard smoking weed and taking the day off work. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 28, 2025, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778/32 "2025-04-28T19:56:42Z")
> [@Ellecram](#): > > > [@Kropotkin](#): > > > > Look to 14 June as Trump Day. But it won’t be a paid holiday. > > Here in Western PA county government we get that day as a paid holiday (Flag Day). It’s the Army’s birthday. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-any-current-observances-in-the-u-s-that-could-become-federal-holidays-in-the-foreseeable-future/985778.md?page=1)