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| Long title | An act to provide for uniform annual observances of certain legal public holidays on Mondays, and for other purposes. |
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| Enacted by | the 90th United States Congress |
| Effective | January 1, 1971 |
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| Public law | Pub. L. 90–363 |
| Statutes at Large | 82 Stat. 250 |
The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being – Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day – and further made Columbus Day a federal holiday, also permanently on a Monday. This created long weekends with three days off ending with the holidays, such as Memorial Day Weekend.
Veterans Day was moved from November 11 to the fourth Monday in October, but in 1978 it was returned to November 11, the actual date of the end of World War I and celebrated in several European countries as Armistice Day.
The Act was signed into law on June 1, 1968, and took effect on January 1, 1971.[1]