28 Miss. Code. R. § 1-01-28 - HOLIDAYS, LEGAL
The following days are observed as holidays by the Port Authority:
New Year's Day (First day of January)
Robert E. Lee/Martin Luther King's Birthday (Third Monday of January)
Washington's Birthday (Third Monday of February)* or Mardi Gras (Tuesday before Ash Wednesday)*
Good Friday (Friday before Easter)
Memorial Day (Last Monday of May)
Independence Day (Fourth day of July)
Labor Day (First Monday of September)
Veteran's Day (Eleventh day of November)
Thanksgiving (Fourth Thursday of November)
Christmas Day (Twenty-Fifth Day of December)
*Office to remain open with adequate staffing. If any legal holiday falls on Saturday or Sunday, then the following Monday may be observed as a legal holiday.
NOTE: Contact Gulfport Stevedores Association for information related to longshoremen's holidays.
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