§ 2.2-3303. Observance of Motherhood and Apple Pie Day in recognition of the need to prevent infant mortality
A. The twenty-sixth day of January of each year shall be recognized and celebrated as Motherhood and Apple Pie Day throughout the Commonwealth. Upon this date, all citizens of the Commonwealth are urged to reflect upon the need to continue efforts to reduce the state’s infant mortality rate to preserve our heritage and to ensure […]
§ 2.2-3304. Display of flags on Mother’s Day
The Governor may issue annually a proclamation calling upon state officials to display the flag of the United States and of the Commonwealth on all public buildings, and the people of the Commonwealth to display such flags at their homes and other suitable places on the second Sunday in May, known as “Mother’s Day,” as […]
§ 2.2-3304.1. Little League Challenger Week in Virginia
The first full week of May preceding Mother’s Day of each year shall be designated as Little League Baseball Challenger Week in Virginia. 2006, c. 109.
§ 2.2-3305. Commonwealth Day of Prayer
The first Thursday in May of each year shall be designated the “Commonwealth Day of Prayer” and shall be a day on which the people of the Commonwealth may turn to God in prayer and meditation and may celebrate the religious freedom secured for them by the laws of the Commonwealth and nation. 1997, c. […]
§ 2.2-3306. Arbor Day
The last Friday in April of each year shall be designated and known as “Arbor Day.” Code 1950, § 2-22; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-25; 1993, c. 222; 2001, c. 844; 2005, c. 242.
§ 2.2-3307. Dogwood Day
The third Saturday in April of each year shall be known and designated as “Dogwood Day.” 1952, c. 111, § 2-22.1; 1966, c. 677, § 2.1-26; 2001, c. 844.
§ 2.2-3308. First Lady’s Day in Virginia
Martha Washington’s birthday, the second day of June of each year, shall be designated as First Lady’s Day in Virginia in special tribute to Martha Washington as America’s first First Lady and to each of her successors as First Ladies of this Nation. Upon this date, in perpetuity, all citizens, groups and appropriate agencies in […]
§ 2.2-3309. Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day
The seventh day of December of each year shall be designated as Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day in the Commonwealth in special tribute to those members of our armed forces who lost their lives, and also to those who survived, the attack on Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, December 7, 1941. Upon this date, in perpetuity, […]
§ 2.2-3301. Acts, business transactions, legal proceedings, etc., on holidays valid
No contract made, instrument executed, or act done on any of the legal holidays named in § 2.2-3300 or on any Saturday shall be thereby rendered invalid. Nothing in § 2.2-3300 shall be construed to prevent or invalidate the entry, issuance, service or execution of any writ, summons, confession, judgment, order or decree, or other […]
§ 2.2-3300. Legal holidays
It is the policy of the Commonwealth to fix and set aside certain days in the calendar year as legal holidays for the people of Virginia. In each year, the following days are designated as legal holidays: January 1 — New Year’s Day. The third Monday in January — Martin Luther King, Jr., Day to […]