Observance may refer to:
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Holiday
A holiday is a day set aside by custom or by law on which normal activities, especially business or work including school, are suspended or reduced. Generally, holidays are intended to allow individuals to celebrate or commemorate an event or tra ...
, day(s) of observance
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Anniversary
An anniversary is the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event. The word was first used for Catholic feasts to commemorate saints ...
, the date on which an event took place or an institution was founded in a previous year, and may also refer to the commemoration or celebration of that event
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List of minor secular observances
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United States observances
The United States has many observances.
Days
* January 13 - Stephen Foster Memorial Day
* February 1 - National Freedom Daybr>* April 13 - Thomas Jefferson's birthda* May 1 - Law Daybr>* May 1 - Loyalty Daybr>* 1st Thu. in May - National Day ...
See also
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Observant (disambiguation)
Observant may refer to:
* Making an observation
* Having observance of a
** holiday (public, religious, etc.)
** religious law or spiritual practice (worship, diet, taboo, etc.)
* Observant, Franciscan friar
* The Observants, one-eyed ghosts in ' ...
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Observer (disambiguation)
An observer is one who engages in observation or in watching an experiment.
Observer may also refer to:
Computer science and information theory
* In information theory, any system which receives information from an object
* State observer in con ...
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