Holidays
U.S. Mission Baghdad will observe the following holidays in calendar year 2011.
Date |
Day |
Holiday |
Country |
| January 2 | Sunday | New Year's Day | US** |
| January 16 | Sunday | Martin Luther King, Jr. Birthday | US** |
| February 17 | Thursday | Prophet's Birthday | Iraq** |
| February 20 | Sunday | President's Day | US** |
| May 1 | Sunday | Labor Day | Iraq |
| May 29 | Sunday | Memorial Day | US** |
| July 4 | Monday | Independence Day | US |
| July 14 | Thursday | Republic Day | Iraq |
| August 30 - September 1 | Wednesday | Eid Al-Fitr | Iraq* |
| September 4 | Sunday | Labor Day | US** |
| October 9 | Sunday | Columbus Day | US** |
| November 6 | Sunday | Eid Al Adha | Iraq* |
| November 10 | Thursday | Veterans' Day | US |
| November 24 | Thursday | Thanksgiving | US |
| November 26 | Saturday | Islamic New Year | Iraq* |
| December 25 | Sunday | Christmas | US** |
* This Iraqi holiday is determined by the lunar cycle. Exact dates must be confirmed by local authorities and are subject to change.
** In keeping with the spirit of the Monday Holiday Bill, the intention of which is to provide three-day holiday weekends, U.S. holidays covered by the Monday Holiday Bill will be observed on Sundays.
The Embassy will consider moving the observation date of local holidays (religious and secular) falling on weekends in the event that the Iraqi Government issues guidance mandating that the private and public sectors change the observance date.