Observed Holidays in Colorado

Monday holidays. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day (third Monday in January), Washington-Lincoln Day (third Monday in February), Memorial Day (last Monday in May), Labor Day (first Monday in September) and Columbus Day (second Monday in October).

Other holidays. New Year's Day (January 1), Independence Day (July 4), Thanksgiving Day (fourth Thursday in November) and Christmas Day (December 25). General election days also are holidays.

Special rules. If any legal holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday is a holiday.