State holidays in 2007

Holiday		Always Falls on...	Date in 2006
New Year's Day*		January 1	January 2, 2006
Robert E. Lee/Martin Luther King Jr.		3rd Monday in January	January 16
George Washington/Thomas Jefferson		3rd Monday in February	February 20
Mardi Gras Day**		Tues. before Ash Wednesday	February 28
Confederate Memorial Day		4th Monday in April	April 24
National Memorial Day		last Monday in May	May 29
Jefferson Davis		1st Monday in June	June 5
Independence Day		July 4	July 4
Labor Day		1st Monday in September	September 4
Columbus Day		2nd Monday in October	October 9
Veterans Day***		November 11	November 10
Thanksgiving		4th Thursday in November	November 23
Christmas Day		December 25	December 25

*As New Year's Day falls on Sunday, offices will be closed on Monday, January 2, 2006.

**Mardi Gras is observed in Baldwin and Mobile Counties only. All other state employees are granted a personal leave day on January 1 which may be taken anytime during the year.

***As Veterans Day falls on Saturday, offices will be closed on Friday, November 10, 2006.