The first state to recognize Christmas as a legal holiday was Alabama in 1836.
Alabama was the first American state to declare Christmas an official holiday. By 1890 other states also followed suit. Christmas is the only religious holiday in America, which is also a national legal holiday.
Memorial Day was the first national holiday to honor the military dead from war (Civil War).
Memorial Day was the first national holiday to honor the military dead from war (Civil War).
Decoration Day (later called Memorial Day) was first observed on May 30, 1868, three years after the Civil War had ended. New York was the first state to officially recognize the holiday in 1873. It was recognized by all northern states by 1890. The southern states did not recognize May 30 as a holiday until after World War I.
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Alabama was the first to recognize Christmas in 1836.
Halloween is not a state holiday in any U. S. state.
Alabama in 1836. Oklahoma was the last state to do so in 1907. Alabama was the first state to recognize Christmas as an official holiday, in 1836.Three different answers I have found. PennselvaniaWell this is two for me. I read that it was Alabama.Alabama in 1836:)
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In 1868 when it was proclaimed as a holiday by General John Alexander Logan, Memorial Day was originally known as Decoration Day. President Lyndon Baines Johnson signed the legislation in 1967 officially renaming it as Memorial Day.