About the Embassy
Holidays 2008
The US Embassy is closed on these US and Senegalese national holidays
Month | Day | Holiday | American/Senegalese |
| Jan. | 1 | Tue | New Year's day | A/S |
| Jan. | 21 | Mon | Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday | A |
| Jan. | 19 | Sat | Tamkharit # | S |
| Feb. | 18 | Mon | Presidents' Day | A |
| March | 20 | Thu | Maouloud # | S |
| March | 24 | Mon | Easter Monday (Pâques) | S |
| April | 4 | Fri | Senegalese Independence Day | S |
| May | 1 | Thu | International Labor Day / Ascension | S |
| May | 12 | Mon | Whit Monday / Pentecôte | S |
| May | 26 | Mon | Memorial Day | A |
| July | 4 | Fri | U.S Independence Day | A |
| Aug | 15 | Fri | Assumption Day | S |
| Sept. | 1 | Mon | American Labor Day | A |
| Oct. | 1 | Wed | Korité # | S |
| Oct. | 13 | Mon | Columbus Day | A |
| Nov. | 1 | Sat | All Saints' Day | S |
| Nov. | 11 | Mon | Veterans' Day | A |
| Nov. | 27 | Thu | Thanksgiving Day | A |
| Dec. | 8 | Mon | Tabasky # | S |
| Dec. | 25 | Thu | Christmas Day | A/S |
#: These holidays are lunar and subject to change by a day or two.
National Celebrations Holidays in the United States
