Code of Virginia - Title 2.2 Administration Of Government - Chapter 33 State Holidays And Other Special Days

2.2-3300 Legal holidays
It is the policy of the Commonwealth to fix and set aside certain days in the calendar year as legal holidays for the people of ...
2.2-3301 Acts, business transactions, legal proceedings, etc., on holidays valid
No contract made, instrument executed, or act done on any of the legal holidays named in § 2.2-3300 or on any Saturday shall be thereby ...
2.2-3302 Observance of Yorktown Day
The nineteenth day of October of each year shall be recognized and celebrated as Yorktown Day throughout the Commonwealth. The observance of Yorktown Day shall ...
2.2-3303 Observance of Motherhood and Apple Pie Day in recognition of the need to prevent infant mortalit...
A. The twenty-sixth day of January of each year shall be recognized and celebrated as Motherhood and Apple Pie Day throughout the Commonwealth. Upon this ...
2.2-3304 Display of flags on Mother's Day
The Governor may issue annually a proclamation calling upon state officials to display the flag of the United States and of the Commonwealth on all ...
2.2-3304.1 Little League Challenger Week in Virginia.
The first full week of May preceding Mother's Day of each year shall be designated as Little League Baseball Challenger Week in Virginia. (2006, c. ...
2.2-3305 Commonwealth Day of Prayer
The first Thursday in May of each year shall be designated the "Commonwealth Day of Prayer" and shall be a day on which the people ...
2.2-3306 Arbor Day
The last Friday in April of each year shall be designated and known as "Arbor Day." (Code 1950, § 2-22; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-25; ...
2.2-3307 Dogwood Day
The third Saturday in April of each year shall be known and designated as "Dogwood Day." (1952, c. 111, § 2-22.1; 1966, c. 677, § ...
2.2-3308 First Lady's Day in Virginia
Martha Washington's birthday, the second day of June of each year, shall be designated as First Lady's Day in Virginia in special tribute to Martha ...
2.2-3309 Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
The seventh day of December of each year shall be designated as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth in special tribute to those members ...
2.2-3309.1 Virginia World War II Veterans Appreciation Week; Virginia Korean War Veterans Appreciation Week; h...
A. In recognition of the sacrifice of the members of the United States Armed Forces who served in World War II, the first full week ...
2.2-3310 Vietnam War Memorial Dedication and Veterans' Recognition Week
The first full week of November of each year shall be designated as Vietnam War Memorial Dedication Week and Veterans' Recognition Week in the Commonwealth, ...
2.2-3310.1 Display of the POW/MIA flag
It is the sense of the General Assembly that members of the armed forces of the United States who are or were prisoners of war ...
2.2-3310.2 Vietnamese-American Heritage Flag
The flag of the former Republic of Vietnam, with three horizontal red stripes on a field of golden-yellow, which symbolizes freedom and democracy and represents ...
2.2-3311 Day of recognition for early childhood and day-care providers and professionals
The Friday before Mother's Day of each year shall be designated as a day of recognition for early childhood and day-care providers and professionals to ...
2.2-3311.1 Day of recognition for direct care staffs and other long-term care professionals.
The second Wednesday of every June shall be designated as a day of recognition to acknowledge the contributions of and pay tribute to direct care ...
2.2-3312 Day of recognition for bone marrow donor programs
The eighth day of April of each year shall be designated as a day of recognition for bone marrow donor programs to acknowledge the critical ...
2.2-3313 Virginia Drug Free Day
The Saturday of the last week in October of each year shall be designated and known as "Virginia Drug Free Day" to recognize and support ...
2.2-3314 Bill of Rights Day
The fifteenth day of December of each year shall be designated and known as the "Bill of Rights Day" in recognition of the ratification of ...
2.2-3315 Citizenship Day and Constitution Week
The Governor shall annually issue a proclamation setting the seventeenth day of September as Citizenship Day and September seventeen through twenty-three as Constitution Week and ...
2.2-3315.1 White Cane Safety Day
Each year, the Governor may take suitable public notice of October 15 as White Cane Safety Day. He may issue a proclamation in which: 1. ...
2.2-3316 Landscape Architecture Week in Virginia
The second full week of April of each year shall be designated as Landscape Architecture Week in Virginia in recognition of the value and importance ...
2.2-3317 Virginia Championship Applebutter Making Contest
The Virginia Championship Applebutter Making Contest, held in Winchester in conjunction with the Rotary Club's Apple Harvest Festival, shall be the third week in September ...
2.2-3318 Virginia and American History Month
January nineteenth through February twenty-second, both inclusive of each year, shall be designated as Virginia and American History Month in special tribute to the founders, ...
2.2-3319 American Indian Month and Day of Appreciation
The month of November shall be designated as "American Indian Month" in Virginia, to honor the culture and heritage of the American Indian, to recognize ...
2.2-3320 Month for Children in Virginia
The month of May shall be designated as the "Month for Children" in Virginia to focus on children's special contributions to family, school, and community; ...
2.2-3321 Virginia Mushroom Festival
The Annual Front Royal and Warren County Mushroom Festival, in conjunction with the Appalachian Mushroom Growers Association's annual meeting, is designated as the Virginia Mushroom ...
2.2-3322 Office hours to be in accordance with executive orders of Governor
The offices of all state officers, departments, boards, bureaus, commissions, divisions and institutions in the executive branch of state government required by law to maintain ...

Last modified: April 2, 2009