Yes, it is a federal holiday - since 1938.
They go to parochial school. They didn't get Columbus Day off either - also a federal holiday.
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Federal law cannot compel state, municipal, or other local governments to observe or recognize federal holidays in any way; the Tenth Amendment effectively reserves holiday creation policy to the governments of the several states.
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However, here in NJ, Veterans Day and Columbus Day are also State holidays. (They are also state holidays in Illinois, which your location shows). So the kids are getting screwed out of holidays that should be observed. Makes me glad I went to public school.