About the Embassy
Holidays 2009
The US Embassy is closed on these US and Senegalese national holidays
|
Month |
Day |
Holiday |
American/Senegalese |
| Jan. | 1 | Thu | New Year's day | A/S |
| Jan. | 8 | Thu | Tamkharit # | S |
| Jan. | 19 | Mon | Martin Luther King Jr's Birthday | A |
| Feb. | 16 | Mon | Presidents' Day | A |
| March | 10 | Tue | Maouloud # | S |
| April | 4 | Sat | Senegalese Independence Day | S |
| April | 13 | Mon | Easter Monday (Pâques) | S |
| May | 1 | Fri | International Labor Day | S |
| May | 21 | Thu | Ascension | S |
| May | 25 | Mon | Memorial Day | A |
| June | 1 | Mon | Whit Monday / Pentecôte | S |
| July | 3 | Fri | U.S Independence Day | A |
| Aug. | 15 | Sat | Assumption Day | S |
| Sept. | 7 | Mon | American Labor Day | A |
| Sept. | Korité # | S | ||
| Oct. | 12 | Mon | Columbus Day | A |
| Nov. | 11 | Mon | Veterans' Day | A |
| Nov. | 26 | Thu | Thanksgiving Day | A |
| Nov. | Tabasky # | S | ||
| Dec. | 25 | Fri | Christmas Day | A/S |
#: These holidays are lunar and subject to change by a day or two.
