Estados Unidos (Islas Vírgenes) : feriados, fechamento de bancos, as férias escolares

bancos apenas :

Férias escolares :

Cartões/Flores : Mother’s day has evolved in many countries in different ways. This is because mother’s day has different origins in different countries and therefore occurs on different days in the year. One school of thought claims that this day emerged from the custom of mother worship in ancient Greece. Mother worship which kept a festival to Cybele, a great mother of gods, and Rhea, the wife of Cronus, was held on March 15 to March 18 around Asia Minor. They insist that this custom spread around the world. Mothering Sunday is the celebration of motherhood in the United Kingdom. It is also known as Mid-lent Sunday, Rose Sunday and Laetare Sunday. It originally comes from the Victorian practice of allowing servants to return home to visit their mothers on this day. In the United States, Julia Ward Howe (May 27, 1819 - October 17, 1910) was a prominent American abolitionist, social activist, and poet. Howe’s Battle Hymn of the Republic was first published in the Atlantic Monthly in 1862 and quickly became one of the most popular songs for the Union during the American Civil War. After the war she focused her activities on the causes of Pacifism and women’s suffrage. In 1870 she was the first to proclaim Mother’s Day, with her Mother’s Day Proclamation. U.S. President Woodrow Wilson approved Mother’s Day in 1914

Feriado secular : Comemorado nos Estados Unidos desde o fim da Guerra Civil com desfiles e discursos na última segunda feira de maio em homenagem aos membros das forças armadas que morreram em serviço da pátria.

Férias escolares :

Cartões/Flores :

Cultura : The US Congress enacted the Organic Act setting the government of the Virgin Islands on July 22, 1954

Feriado secular : End of slavery in the Danish West Indies granted in 1848.

Feriado secular : A Declaração da Independência dos Estados Unidos da América, foi o documento no qual, as Treze Colônias na América do Norte declararam sua independência da Grã-Bretanha bem como justificativas para o ato. Foi ratificada no Congresso Continental em 4 de julho de 1776, considerado o dia da independência dos Estados Unidos, para estar pronto quando o Congresso votou sobre a independência. Adams convenceu a comissão para selecionar Thomas Jefferson para compor o projeto original do documento, que o Congresso deveria editar para produzir a versão final.

Cultura : Officially, hurricane season is June 1 through November 30th, however this is the day the Virgin Islands set aside for prayer.

Férias escolares :

Feriado secular : É comemorado na primeira segunda-feira de setembro com desfiles. Para muitos americanos representa o fim das férias de verão e o começo das aulas.

Cultura :

Feriado secular : Este feriado é comemorado desde a década de 1960, em comemoração à relação única entre os habitantes das Ilhas Virgens e os porto-riquenhos. Esta celebração é celebrada no lugar do Dia de Colombo, devido à polêmica em torno das atrocidades cometidas contra os habitantes indígenas do Caribe durante a colonização espanhola da região.

Cultura : Goes back to 1726 when the first service was conducted in one of the oldest standing structures on St. Thomas which is over 300 years old Fort Christian cancelled in case a hurricane occurred

Cultura :

Feriado secular : Dr Hamilton Jackson Day

Cultura : David Hamilton Jackson (1884-1946) was resident of the United States Virgin Islands which was under the rule of Danish West Indies who was an important figure in the struggle for increased civil liberties and workers' rights on the islands. He petitioned for freedom of the press, was involved in the territory's labor movement, and, when the Danish West Indies became the U.S. Virgin Islands in 1917, he lobbied for citizenship for the islanders. [Wikipedia]

eventos excepcionais :

bancos apenas : Formerly Armistice Day, is a holiday observed in honour of all those, living and dead, who served with U.S. armed forces in wartime. Armistice Day, the forerunner of Veterans Day, was proclaimed to commemorate the termination of World War I Some banks, post office and governement close, but businesses, more and more, remain open, as well as universities.

Férias escolares :

Feriado secular : Em 1621, um ano após a sua chegada, em Massachusetts, o Puritans queria praticar sua religião livremente. Depois de um Inverno rigoroso, a metade deles morreu. Com tribos indianas, que aprenderam a sobreviver, especialmente por comer peru.

eventos excepcionais : Day of sales and bargains

Feriado secular :