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The Holdays that History Forgot June 30, 2007E-mail this story E-mail this story
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Holiday Fever
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The Fourth of July is about a major a holiday as it gets - the celebration of the founding of the U.S. republic. But there are plenty of minor-league holidays too. And in the history of our country there have been holidays so minor that you've never heard of them. Professor Ellen Litwicki of Fredonia State University in New York shares with us the history of some lesser-known holidays in America.

Federal Holidays in the U.S.

New Year's Day

Martin Luther King Day

Inauguration Day

Washington's Birthday

Memorial Day

Independence Day

Labor Day

Columbus Day

Veterans Day

Thanksgiving Day

Christmas Day