Observed Holidays in West Virginia

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Monday holidays. Martin Luther King's Birthday (third Monday in January), Washington's Birthday (third Monday in February), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), Labor Day (first Monday in September) and Columbus Day (second Monday in October).

Other holidays. New Year's Day (January 1), Lincoln's Birthday (February 12), West Virginia Day (June 20), Independence Day (July 4), Veterans' Day (November 11), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November), Lincoln's Day (the day after Thanksgiving), Christmas Day (December 25), and election days.

Special rules. If a legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is a holiday. If a non-Monday holiday, other than election day, falls on a Saturday, then the preceding Friday is the legal holiday.