US Holiday On March 2 2017?

The following is a compilation of American federal holidays, federal observances, state holidays and other common patriotic and national observances and commemorations that apply to the United States during Thursday, 2017-03-02:

• Texas Independence Day:

  ^[tx][par] Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. 59 persons signed this declaration. With this document, settlers in Mexican Texas officially broke from Mexico, creating the Republic of Texas. Texas legal reference: Joint Resolution 7, 14th Legislature, 1874. Section 1.

Notes:

^[tx] This is a State Holiday in the State of Texas.State offices are scheduled to be open on partial staffing holidays and optional holidays. Please call ahead to confirm hours. Offices will not be closed on another day when designated holidays fall on a Saturday or Sunday. An employee is entitled to observe optional holidays in lieu of any partial staffing holiday on which state offices are required to be open to conduct public business.

^[par] Partial staffing holiday