How come some holidays fall on different days while others are on a specific day every year?
Assuming you mean “in the United States”, there are different reasons for both federal holidays and traditional holidays. Federal Holidays – these have been set by various federal regulations of a period of time. The regulations can be painstakingly read in section 6103 of title 5 of the United States Code. The federal holidays and their dates are as follows: * New Year’s Day, January 1st. * Birthday of Martin Luther King, third Monday in January. * Inauguration Day, January 20th every four years, starting in 1937. * Washington’s Birthday, third Monday in February since 1971; prior to that year, it was celebrated on the traditional date of February 22. * Inauguration Day, March 4th every four years, pre-1937. * Armed Forces Day, third Saturday in May. * Memorial Day, last Monday in May since 1971; from 1868 to 1970 it was celebrated on May 30, and was called Decoration Day for part of that time. * Flag Day, June 14th. * United States of America’s Independence Day, July 4. * Labor Day,
