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Puerto Rico celebrates all official U.S. holidays, and other official holidays established by the Commonwealth government. Additionally, many municipalities celebrate their own Patron Saint Festivals (fiestas patronales in Spanish), as well as festivals honoring cultural icons like bomba y plena, danza, salsa, hamacas (hammocks), and popular crops such as plantains and coffee.

Until June 30, 2014, there were 19 public holidays in Puerto Rico. As a result of a new Commonwealth law, after July 1, 2014, the Commonwealth government consolidated three of its former holidays (Luis Muñoz Rivera, José Celso Barbosa, and Luis Muñoz Marín) into just one called Día de los Próceres Puertorriqueños (The Day of Illustrious Puerto Ricans), and reducing the number of holidays observed publicly to 17. As part of the new law, the third Monday of February became Día de los Próceres Puertorriqueños when, in addition to commemorating the birth of those three illustrious Puerto Ricans will also include commemorating the birthdays of four other illustrious Puerto Ricans – Ramón Emeterio Betances, Román Baldorioty de Castro, Ernesto Ramos Antonini and Luis A. Ferré. The law mandated that the Eugenio María de Hostos holiday and the José de Diego holiday would continue to be observed on their respective days as usual.

Official public holidays

Official public holidays are those recognized by the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico government. All public offices must close. Many businesses also elect to close. These public holidays include both federal and commonwealth-established holidays, since Puerto Rico recognizes all U.S. federal holidays.

Religious holidays

Notes

1. Día de Jorge Washington, Día de los Presidentes y el Día de las Mujeres y Hombres Próceres de Puerto Rico, en honor a la vida y obra de: Teniente Augusto Rodríguez, Eugenio María de Hostos, José de Diego, Luis Muñoz Rivera, José Celso Barbosa, Ramón Emeterio Betances, Román Baldorioty de Castro, Luis Muñoz Marín, Ernesto Ramos Antonini, Don Luis A. Ferré Aguayo, Lola Rodríguez de Tió, Nilita Vientós Gastón, Julia de Burgos, Mariana Bracetti, Ana Roque de Duprey, Luisa Capetillo, María Luisa Arcelay, Sor Isolina Ferré Aguayo, Felisa Rincón de Gautier, María Libertad Gómez Garriga, Roberto Clemente Walker y Rafael Hernández Colón.
2. Formerly celebrated on the second Monday of January. Eugenio María de Hostos (1839–1903) was a writer and statesman who struggled for Puerto Rican independence and the end to slavery in the late 19th century.
3. Also celebrated on the third Monday of February. Luis Muñoz Marín (1898–1980) was the first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico. He founded the Partido Popular Democrático and was instrumental in establishing the Commonwealth status in 1952. He was a noted journalist and poet, and served four terms as governor.
4. Formerly celebrated on the third Monday of April. José de Diego (1866–1918) was a much-loved poet and political leader. In recent years, the holiday has been celebrated on the third Monday of April.
5. Formerly celebrated on the third Monday of July. Don Luis Muñoz Rivera (1859–1916) was a prominent journalist, poet, and politician who advocated independence from Spain and later, the United States. His son Luis Muñoz Marín was the first democratically elected governor of Puerto Rico.
6. Juneteenth National Independence Day, también conocido como Día de la Liberación o Día de la Emancipación.

References

1. "Puerto Rico description". Welcome.toPuertoRico.org. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
2. "¿Cualés son los días feriados para el 2024 en Puerto Rico?". El Vocero de Puerto Rico. 2024-07-02. Retrieved 2024-10-01.
3. A solo una firma para reducir días feriados: Ahora serían 15 los días oficiales. El Nuevo Día. 30 June 2014.
4. Legislatura acuerda reducir los días feriados. Rebecca Banuchi. Primera Hora. 30 June 2014.
5. "Días feriado de Puerto Rico 2018" (PDF) (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Chamber of Commerce (Camara de Comercio de Puerto Rico). Retrieved 26 January 2023.
6. "MEMORANDO ESPECIAL NÚM. 12—2023" (PDF). Oficina de Administración y Transformación de los Recursos Humanos (in Spanish). Archived from the original (PDF) on 16 January 2024. Retrieved 20 February 2024.
7. Frank Griffiths (January 6, 2003). "Niña abatida por una supuesta bala perdida en Nochevieja muere en un hospital puertorriqueño". Puerto Rico Herald. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
8. "Glossary". Welcome.toPuertoRico.org. Retrieved September 22, 2007.

External links

• Official Government Holidays for 2010. Gobierno.pr (in Spanish)

• Public holidays in Puerto Rico
• Lists of events in Puerto Rico
• Lists of public holidays