Holidays

U.S. Embassy and VPP Tobago Public Holidays and Closures 2009

The U.S. Embassy in Port of Spain will be closed on the following United States (US) and Trinidad & Tobago (TT) holidays in 2009.   When the embassy is closed, American citizens should call 622-6371 in the event of an emergency.

Date	Day	Public Holiday	Country
Jan 1	Thurs	New Year's Day	US & TT
Jan 19	Mon	Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday	US
Feb 16	Mon	Presidents' Day	US
Mar 30	Mon	Spriritual Baptist (Shouter) Liberation Day	TT
Apr 10	Fri	Good Friday	TT
Apr 13	Mon	Easter Monday	TT
May 25	Mon	Memorial Day	US
May 30	Sat	Indian Arrival Day	TT
Jun 11	Thurs	Corpus Christi	TT
Jun 19	Fri	Labour Day	TT
Jul 4	Sat	Independence Day**	US
Aug 1	Sat	Emancipation Day	TT
Aug 31	Mon	Independence Day	TT
Sep 7	Mon	Labor Day	US
Sep 21	Mon	Eid-ul-Fitr*	TT
Sep 24	Thur	Republic Day	TT
Oct 12	Mon	Columbus Day	US
Oct 17	Sat	Divali*	TT
Nov 11	Wed	Veterans' Day	US
Nov 26	Thurs	Thanksgiving Day	US
Dec 25	Fri	Christmas Day	US & TT
Dec 26	Sat	Boxing Day	TT

Carnival will be celebrated on Monday, February 23 and Tuesday, February 24.

*Eid-ul-Fitr and Divali are tentative dates and, therefore, subject to change

**July 4, 2009 falls on a Saturday, therefore, Friday, July 3, will be treated as a holiday.