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Public Holidays and Bank Holidays for US Virgin Islands

The list of US Virgin Islands bank holidays, national holidays and public holidays for 2008, comes from the Q++ Worldwide Public Holidays Database, the professional source of international public holidays long trusted by the world's foremost diary publishers. The information on this page is provided for private, non-professional, use. Qualified professionals can license data for 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, and beyond. For details, please visit our licensing information page or

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03 Jan 2008 (The Governor's Office) Responding to numerous inquiries received at Government House, due to the fact that this year, January 6 falls on a Sunday, Governor John P. de Jongh. Jr. reaffirmed today that Monday, January 7, 2008 is not a holiday in the Virgin Islands. • More News Updates For the full version of the summarized news items above, and older news items not displayed above, go to the US Virgin Islands public holidays news and updates page, or worldwide public holidays news and updates page, or subscribe to one of our free email newsletters.

Transfer Day: On March 31, 1917, the United States purchased the Caribbean Islands known as the Danish West Indies from the country of Denmark for the sum of US$25 million. The US Virgin Islands government annually celebrates this transfer of territory ownership in the form of an official holiday known as Transfer Day. • St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John are the 3 main islands that make up the United States Virgin Islands. • Each of the Virgin Islands has its own carnival-type celebration and they are usually local holidays. St. Croix has its Christmas Festival around January 6th. Each celebration includes inter-island participation in parades, floats, flupes, moko jumbles, steel bands, etc. One surprising St. Croix event which locals and visitors enjoy is the St. Patrick's Day Parade in Christiansted held around mid-March. • Other Sources of Information For information not covered here, see the following specialized websites: Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System (Washington) (US Virgin Islands central bank), ASI Hot Spots (security-related world events: terrorist threats, political strife, strikes, criminal activity, aviation incidents and health outbreaks), CIA World Factbook (maps, demographic and economic statistics), Copp Clark (financial markets' trading hours, settlement holidays and currency non-clearing days), and the IFES Election Guide (information covering upcoming elections, referenda, electoral structures and past voter participation).

Observance : Any entry in the Observance column indicates that, in US Virgin Islands, the holiday may be regional or non-official or limited to certain religious and/or linguistic groups, or begin at a time other than midnight. Note that religious holidays are included only if they are national public holidays, or if the national labour code has specific holiday allowances for employees of specific religions. For more information, see our pages on the religious calendars of the world. Aft=Afternoon, Arm=Armenian, Bah=Bahai, Bnk=Banks and most financial institutions, Bud=Buddhist, Cat=Catholic, Chr=Christian, Cop=Coptic, Eve=Evening, Gov=Government services and civil servants, Hin=Hindu, Jew=Jewish, Lin=Linguistic or ethnic groups, Mor=Morning, Mun=Municipal, Mus=Muslim, Orth=Orthodox, Othr=Miscellaneous partial observances (usually described in the Additional Information section of this page), Prt=Protestant, Reg=Regional, Rel=Other Religion, Sch=Schools and universities, Sik=Sikh.

Disclaimer
In many parts of the world, holidays are subject to arbitrary, last minute, changes by local authorities. While every effort has been made to present an accurate list of 2008 bank holidays, legal holidays and public holidays for US Virgin Islands, we cannot accept any responsibility for any error or omission in the data presented above. You are therefore advised to verify the above dates with the embassy or consulate of US Virgin Islands, before planning any trip to US Virgin Islands. For last-minute updates to worldwide public holidays, visit our blog or subscribe to our free email newsletters.