Title 25, Title 25 and Days of Special Observance

The governor shall annually appoint a day of public thanksgiving, and shall announce the day by proclamation to the people of the state.

Any bank, savings bank, trust company, safe deposit company, building-loan association, national banking association, or federal savings and loan association doing business within the state of Rhode Island, or any branch or office of the institution, may remain closed on any Satu…

Any Saturday upon which any bank, savings bank, trust company, safe deposit company, building-loan association, national banking association, or federal savings and loan association, or any branch or office of the institution shall remain closed pursuant to the provisions of § 25…

The several administrative offices of state and municipal governments may remain closed on any Saturday or Saturdays by executive order of the governor in the case of state administrative government and in the case of a municipal government by the adoption of a resolution by the …

The several cities and towns may annually appropriate and expend money for the celebration of public occasions.

The fourth day of May in each and every year is established, in this state, as a day for celebration of Rhode Island independence, being a just tribute to the memory of the members of our general assembly, who, on the fourth day of May, 1776, in the State House at Providence, pas…

The first Saturday of June in each and every year shall be set apart as the “Italian-American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated Field Daisy Day.” The day is to be known as “ITAM-Vets Daisy Day,” and is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exer…

The fifteenth day of February in each and every year shall be set apart as a day to be known as “Founders Day of the Italian-American War Veterans of the United States, Incorporated.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public place…

(a) The fifteenth day of May in each and every year is established as a day for celebration of “National Police Memorial Day” to commemorate state and local police officers who have died in the line of duty. (b) The calendar week containing May fifteenth in each year is designate…

It is the policy of this state: (1) To encourage and enable persons with vision impairments to participate fully in the social and economic life of the state and to engage in remunerative employment; (2) To be employed in the state service, the service of the political subdivisio…

Each year the governor shall take suitable public notice of October 15 as “White Cane Safety Day.” The governor shall issue a proclamation in which the governor: (1) Comments upon the significance of the white cane; (2) Calls upon the citizens of the state to observe the provisio…

The eleventh day of October shall be set apart as a day to be known as “General Casimir Pulaski Day.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

The month of February in each year is designated as “American History Month.”

The twenty-first day of April shall be set apart as a day to be known as “Dauphine Day” in honor of the arrival of the “Dauphine” to Rhode Island in 1524. The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

Each year the governor shall take suitable public notice of January 15 as “Martin Luther King, Jr. Day” and shall issue a proclamation at a public memorial ceremony in the State House or at any other suitable location within the state of Rhode Island as the Martin Luther King, Jr…

(a) There is created a permanent commission to be known as the Martin Luther King, Jr. State Holiday Commission to consist of thirteen (13) members, three (3) of whom shall be from the house of representatives, not more than two (2) from the same political party, to be appointed …

The second week of March in each year is designated as “Rhode Island School Bus Safety Week.” The week is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

On each and every fourth day of May, except when the day falls on the first day of the week (commonly called Sunday), then on the day following, the governor shall cause salutes of thirteen (13) guns to be fired, at 12 o’clock, noon, by detachments of the state artillery at all p…

The twenty-ninth day of March shall annually be set aside as a day to be known as “Viet Nam Veterans’ Day.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

That period from July 23 through July 29 in each year is designated as “Rhode Island Puerto Rican Recognition Week.” The week is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

The fourth week of April in each year is designated as “Motorcycle Safety Awareness Week.”

That period from July 2 through July 9 in each year is designated as “Rhode Island Cape Verdian Recognition Week.” The week is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

The first Monday of May shall annually be set aside as a day to be known as “Nurses’ Day.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

The calendar week containing March eighth, “International Women’s Day,” in each year is designated as “National Women’s History Week.” The governor shall issue an annual proclamation inviting and urging the people of the state to observe the week in schools and other suitable pla…

The first Wednesday of April shall annually be set aside as a day to be known as “Retired Teachers’ Day.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises, and the governor may issue an annual proclamation calling upon public schools and citizens o…

The second Friday of May in each year is designated as “Friendship Day.” The day may be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

The sixteenth day of February shall annually be set aside as a day to be known as “Lithuanian Independence Day.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

The twenty-fourth day of June shall annually be set aside as a day to be known as “Saint Jean-Baptiste Day” and the governor shall issue an annual proclamation inviting and urging the people of the state to observe this day in suitable places with appropriate ceremonies. Saint Je…

The teachers of the public schools shall annually prepare a program of patriotic exercises for the proper observance of Rhode Island independence in the schools.

The last Friday in April shall annually be set aside as a day to be known as “Arbor Day.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

The fourth Friday of April shall annually be set aside to be known as “Workers’ Memorial Day” and the governor shall issue an annual proclamation inviting and urging the people of the state to observe this day in suitable places with appropriate ceremonies. Workers’ Memorial Day …

The third Saturday of June in each year shall be set aside as a day to be known as “Destroyer Escort Day” to highlight in the state the role of the destroyer Escort in the naval service. The day may be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public plac…

The fifteenth day of March shall annually be set aside to be known as “Peter Francisco Day” and the governor shall issue an annual proclamation inviting and urging people of the state to observe this day in suitable places with appropriate ceremonies. Peter Francisco Day shall be…

The second Wednesday of March shall annually be set aside as a day to be known as “Social Workers’ Day.” The day may be observed by the people of the state with appropriate exercises and the governor may issue an annual proclamation calling upon the citizens of the state to obser…

The third Friday of September shall annually be set aside as a day to be known as “POW-MIA’s Day.” The day may be observed by the people of the state with appropriate exercises and the governor may issue an annual proclamation calling upon the citizens of the state to observe the…

The first week of May in each year is designated as “Rhode Island Speech-Language-Hearing Awareness Week.” The week is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

The twenty-fourth day of September shall annually be set apart as a day to be known as “American Indian Heritage Day.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places and commemorative of the American Indians.

The second Saturday and the following Sunday of June in each and every year shall be set aside as days to be known as “Gaspee Days” to commemorate the 1772 burning of the British schooner HMS Gaspee. The days are to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercis…

The fifth day of January shall annually be set apart as a day to be known as “Dr. George Washington Carver Recognition Day”. The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places and otherwise commemorative of Dr. George Washington Carv…

The last Saturday before the second Sunday in August shall annually be set apart as a day to be known as the “Rhode Island Indian Day of the Narragansett tribe of Indians.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places and other…

The twenty-seventh day of July shall annually be set apart as a day to be known as “Korean War Veterans Memorial Day.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

Each year the governor shall take suitable public notice of the Sunday prior to Memorial Day weekend as “Neighbor Day”. The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places in perpetuity.

The second Thursday in May shall annually be set apart as a day to be known as “Rhode Island Hero’s Day.” The day is to be observed by the general assembly in recognition of a Rhode Island resident who has saved a human life and/or performed an act of heroism which merits any rec…

The third Saturday of April shall annually be set apart as a day to be known as “Combat Veterans’ Day.” The day is to be observed by the people of this state with appropriate exercises in public places.

The thirty-first day of March shall annually be set aside to be known as “Cesar Chavez Day” and the governor shall issue an annual proclamation inviting and urging people of the state to observe this day in suitable places with appropriate ceremonies. “Cesar Chavez Day” shall be …

The month of October shall annually be set apart as a month to be known as “Italian-American Heritage Month.” The month shall be observed by the people of this state with appropriate ceremonies and activities that celebrate the many contributions Italian-Americans have made to ou…