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Holidays

Official Holidays 2013

Below is the list of American (A) and Rwandan (R) holidays to be observed by the U. S.  Mission Kigali during calendar year 2013.

Date

Holiday

Day

Type

1-Jan

New Year’s Day

Tuesday 

A

21-Jan

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Monday

A

1-Feb

Heroes Day

Friday 

R

18-Feb

U.S. Presidents Day

Monday

A

29-Mar

Good Friday

Friday

R

7-Apr

National Mourning Day

Sunday

R*

1-May

Labor Day

Wednesday

R

27-May

Memorial Day

Monday

A

1-Jul

Rwandan Independence Day

Monday

R

4-Jul

U.S. Independence Day /Rwandan Liberation Day   

Thursday

A/R

8-Aug

Idd–El-Fitr

Thursday 

R**

15-Aug

Assumption Day

Thursday

R

2-Sep

Labor Day

Monday

A

14-Oct

Columbus Day

Monday

A

11-Nov

Veteran’s Day

Monday   

A

28-Nov

Thanksgiving Day

Thursday

A

25-Dec

Christmas Day

Wednesday  

A/R

26-Dec

Boxing Day

Thursday 

R

 * National Mourning Day will depends on GOR to announced if Friday or Monday may be declared a holiday.  

**Idd-El-Fitr depends upon lunar sighting; the exact date will be announced as soon as it is determined.