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Rhode Island

The State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations (commonly known as Rhode Island) is geographically the smallest state in the United States, and the state with the longest official name. Rhode (pronounced "Road") Island is part of the New England region, and was one of the thirteen original American colonies that declared independence against British rule to begin the American Revolution.

April
Apr 1 April Fool's Day
Apr 1 Easter Monday
Apr 2 Last day of Passover
Apr 8 Yom HaShoah
Apr 15 Patriot's Day (MA, ME)
Apr 15 Tax Day
Apr 16 Yom HaAtzmaut
Apr 24 Administrative Professionals Day
Apr 28 Lag B'Omer

May
May 1 Law Day
May 1 Loyalty Day
May 2 National Day of Prayer
May 5 Cinco de Mayo
May 6 National Nurses Day
May 9 Ascension Day
May 12 Mother's Day
May 15 Peace Officers Memorial Day
May 15 Shavuot
May 17 National Defense Transportation Day
May 18 Armed Forces Day
May 19 Pentecost
May 20 Whit Monday
May 22 National Maritime Day
May 25 National Missing Children's Day
May 26 Trinity Sunday
May 27 Memorial Day
May 30 Corpus Christi

June
Jun 6 Isra and Mi'raj
Jun 11 Kamehameha Day (HI)
Jun 14 Flag Day
Jun 16 Father's Day

July
Jul 4 Independence Day
Jul 9 Ramadan begins
Jul 16 Tisha B'Av
Jul 28 Parent's Day

August
Aug 3 Laylat al-Qadr
Aug 8 Eid-al-Fitr
Aug 15 Assumption of Mary
Aug 19 National Aviation Day

September
Sep 2 Labor Day
Sep 5 Rosh Hashana
Sep 7 Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day
Sep 8 National Grandparents Day
Sep 11 Patriot Day
Sep 14 Yom Kippur
Sep 17 Constitution Day and Citizenship Day
Sep 19 First day of Sukkot
Sep 20 National POW/MIA Recognition Day
Sep 25 Last day of Sukkot
Sep 26 Shmini Atzeret/Simchat Torah
Sep 29 Gold Star Mother's Day

October
Oct 4 Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
Oct 7 Child Health Day
Oct 9 Leif Erikson Day
Oct 14 Indigenous People's Day (California)
Oct 14 Native Americans' Day (South Dakota)
Oct 14 Columbus Day (All except CA, HI, NV)
Oct 15 White Cane Safety Day
Oct 15 Eid-al-Adha
Oct 16 Boss's Day
Oct 18 Alaska Day (Alaska)
Oct 25 Nevada Day (Nevada)
Oct 31 Halloween

November
Nov 1 All Saints' Day
Nov 2 All Souls' Day
Nov 3 Daylight Saving Time ends
Nov 3 Diwali/Deepavali
Nov 5 Muharram/Islamic New Year
Nov 11 Veterans Day
Nov 28 Thanksgiving Day
Nov 28 First Day of Hanukkah
Nov 29 American Indian Heritage Day (Maryland)
Nov 29 Lincoln's Birthday (Indiana, New Mexico)
Nov 29 Black Friday (17 states)

December
Dec 1 First Sunday Advent
Dec 2 Cyber Monday
Dec 5 Last day of Hanukkah
Dec 7 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
Dec 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception
Dec 17 Pan American Aviation Day
Dec 17 Wright Brothers Day
Dec 21 December Solstice
Dec 24 Christmas Eve
Dec 25 Christmas Day
Dec 26 Kwanzaa (until Jan 1)
Dec 31 New Year's Eve