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Section 2-13. Le~l"~Holidays Generally. The following days are designated as legal holidays for all employees of the City, except policemen and firefighters and those engaged l~ such employment as necessarily requires their daily services, and for all State officers performing duties for the City: 1. The 1st day of January - New Years Day; e The 3rd Monday in January Lee-Jackson-King Day to honor Robert Edward Lee (1806-1870), Thomas Jonathan (Stonewall) Jackson (1824-1863), and Martin Luther King, Jr. (1.929-1968), defenders of causes; The 3rd monday in February - George Washington Day to honor George Washington (17~32-1799), the 1st President of the United States of America; o The last Monday in May - Memorial Day to honor all, persons who made the supreme sacrafice in giving their lives mn defense of Virginia and the United States of America; The 4th day of July - Independence Day to honor the signing of the Declaration of Independence; The 1st Monday mn September - Labor Day to honor all people who work for a livelihood in Virginia and the United States of America; The llth day of November - Veteran's Day to honor all persons who served in the Armed Forces of Virginia and the United States of America; The 4th Thursday in November - Thanksgiving Day to honor and give thanks in each person's own manner for the blessings bestowed upon the people of Virginia and honoring the first Thanksgiving in 1619; 9. The 25th day of December -'Christmas Day. Provided, however, that whenever any of the aforesaid holidays shall fall on a Saturday they shall be observed on the preceding Friday, and whenever they shall fall on a Sunday they shall be observed ~n the following Monday. No other holidays shall be observed by either State employees partly engaged in City work or by City employees except when special occasions are authorized by the City Manager.