Veterans Day is celebrated on the same date every year Nov. 11, in honor of the World War I armistice that took effect at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918. This year, the date falls on a Tuesday, and that's when the official federal and California closures will take place. (In years when Nov. 11 is a Saturday, the closures are on Friday; when it's a Sunday, the closures are on Monday.)
Columbus Day, which this year falls on Monday, Oct. 13, is a federal holiday but not an official California holiday. Since 2019, Gov. Gavin Newsom has issued a yearly proclamation recognizing the second Monday of October as Indigenous Peoples' Day, but it is not on the calendar of holidays for which state employees get paid time off. The holiday's split status has these implications for closures: