states observe good friday as a public holiday
Good Friday In the United States, Good Friday is not a government holiday at the federal level; however, individual states, counties and municipalities may observe the holiday. Good Friday is a state holiday in Connecticut,[76] Delaware,[77] Florida,[78] Hawaii,[79] Indiana,[80] Kentucky (half day),[81] Louisiana,[82] New Jersey,[83] North Carolina,[84] North Dakota,[85] Tennessee[86] and Texas.[87][88] State and local government offices and courts are closed, as well as some banks and post offices in these states, and in those counties and municipalities where Good Friday is observed as a holiday. Good Friday is also a holiday in the U.S. territories of Guam,[89] U.S. Virgin Islands[90] and Puerto Rico.[91]
Thanksgiving (United States) Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a national holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday of November[1]. It originated as a harvest festival. Thanksgiving has been celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, after Congress requested a proclamation by George Washington.[2] It has been celebrated as a federal holiday every year since 1863, when, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who in the Heavens," to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November.[3][4] Together with Christmas and the New Year, Thanksgiving is a part of the broader fall/winter holiday season in the U.S.