2013 Public Holidays
The American Embassy will observe the following United States (US) and Trinidad & Tobago (TT) holidays in 2013
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| Jan 1 | Tue | New Year's Day | US & TT |
| Jan 21 | Mon | Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday | US |
| Feb 18 | Mon | Presidents' Day | US |
| Mar 29 | Fri | Good Friday | TT |
| March 30 | Sat | Spiritual Baptist Liberation Shouter Day | TT |
| Apr 1 | Mon | Easter Monday | TT |
| May 27 | Mon | Memorial Day | US |
| May 30 | Thurs | Indian Arrival Day | TT |
| May 30 | Thurs | Corpus Christi (to be observed on May 31) | TT |
| Jun 19 | Wed | Labour Day | TT |
| July 4 | Thurs | Independence Day | US |
| Aug 1 | Thurs | Emancipation Day | TT |
| Aug 8 | Thurs | Eid-ul-Fitr * | TT |
| Aug 31 | Sat | Independence Day | TT |
| Sep 2 | Mon | Labor Day | US |
| Sep 24 | Tue | Republic Day | TT |
| Oct 14 | Mon | Columbus Day | US |
| Nov 4 | Mon | Divali * | TT |
| Nov 11 | Mon | Veterans' Day | US |
| Nov 28 | Thurs | Thanksgiving Day | US |
| Dec 25 | Wed | Christmas Day | US & TT |
| Dec 26 | Thurs | Boxing Day | TT |
Carnival will be celebrated on Monday, Februry 11 and Tuesday, February 12, 2013. These dates are not considered official public holidays; however, the Embassy will be closed on these two days.
The Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr and the Hindu festival of Divali are religious public holidays in Trinidad and Tobago. Where the public holiday is a religious observance, the date is selected in accordance with the particular religious calendar. The actual dates for 2013 will be announced closer to that time.
In Trinidad and Tobago, when a public holiday falls on a Sunday, or where two public holidays fall on the same day, the following day that is not a public holiday shall be declared a public holiday.
U.S. Federal law (5 U.S.C. 6103) establishes, when a holiday falls on a non-workday - Saturday or Sunday - the holiday is usually observed on the Friday before (if the holiday falls on Saturday), or on the following Monday (if the holiday falls on Sunday).