Confederate Holidays (Dixie Forever)

The Confederacy recognizes a number of legal holidays throughout the year.

In order by date

 * January 19: Lee-Jackson Day - celebrating both General Lee and General "Stonewall" Jackson, this holiday is celebrated with a day off either Friday or Monday, whichever day is closer.
 * February 22: Washington Day - celebrates the birthday of George Washington
 * March 4: Flag Day: the date the Confederate National Flag was adopted
 * March 13: Emancipation Day - celebrates the day the CS passed the bill allowing black enlistment into the army in 1863, on the urging of both General Cleburne and General Lee.
 * April 26: Memorial Day - celebrating the memory of the Confederate war dead, falling on the day the last major Union army surrendered to the Confederates
 * May 28: Beauregard Day - celebrates General P.G.T. Beauregard
 * June 3: Davis Day - birthday of the first Confederate President, Jefferson Davis
 * July 4: Independence Day: celebrates the independence from the UK and from the US
 * October 12: Columbus Day: honoring the day Christopher Columbus landed in the Americas
 * November 11: Veterans' Day: honoring the end of World War I, later expanded to include honoring veterans of both world wars, the Asian War, Spanish-Confederate War, and the War of Southern Independence
 * November 15: Thanksgiving Day: day of thanks and celebration, begun in 1861 by President Davis; this holiday floats as the third Friday of the month of November.
 * December 25: Christmas Day


 * Secession Day: (various dates): celebrates the state leaving the Union
 * Mississippi (January 9)
 * Florida (January 10)
 * Alabama (January 11)
 * Georgia (January 19)
 * Louisiana (January 26)
 * Texas (February 1)
 * Rio Grande (April 15)
 * Virginia (April 17)
 * South California (April 20)
 * Yucatan (April 21)
 * Arkansas (May 6)
 * North Carolina (May 20)
 * Tennessee (June 8)
 * Kentucky (June 20)
 * Cuba (June 21)
 * South Carolina (December 20)

Additionally, April is Confederate History Month, celebrated with various facts about the Confederacy and its secession from the United States.