| August 2016 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date | Day | Holiday | Where |
| August-1 | Monday | Colorado Day | Colorado (Designated Days) |
| August-2 | Tuesday | Disability Day | Kentucky (Designated Days) |
| August-3 | Wednesday | Ernie Pyle Day | New Mexico (Designated Days) |
| August-6 | Saturday | New Mexico Youth Day | New Mexico (Designated Days) |
| August-7 | Sunday | American Family Day | Arizona (Observed Days) |
| August-7 | Sunday | American Family Day | Michigan, North Carolina (Special Days) |
| August-7 | Sunday | Herbert Hoover Day | Iowa (Recognition Days) |
| August-7 | Sunday | Ohio Purple Heart Day | Ohio (Designated Days) |
| August-7 | Sunday | Purple Heart Day | Georgia (Observed Days) |
| August-7 | Sunday | Purple Heart Day | Iowa (Recognition Days) |
| August-7 | Sunday | Purple Heart Recognition Day | Washington (Recognized Days) |
| August-7 | Sunday | Purple Heart Recognition Day | Louisiana, South Carolina, South Dakota (Special Days) |
| August-7 | Sunday | Purple Heart Recognition Day | West Virginia (Special Memorial Days) |
| August-8 | Monday | Emancipation Day | Tennessee (Observed Days) |
| August-8 | Monday | Victory Day | Rhode Island (General Holidays) |
| August-9 | Tuesday | Boring and Dull Day | Oregon (Commenrations Days) |
| August-14 | Sunday | Narragansett Indian Day | Rhode Island (Special Days) |
| August-14 | Sunday | Navajo code talkers' day | Arizona (Observed Days) |
| August-14 | Sunday | Spirit of '45 Day | South Carolina (Special Days) |
| August-14 | Sunday | Spirit of ‘45 Day | Oregon (Commenrations Days) |
| August-14 | Sunday | Texas Parents Day | Texas (Recognition Days) |
| August-16 | Tuesday | Bennington Battle Day | Vermont (Public Holidays) |
| August-16 | Tuesday | Elvis Aaron Presley Day | Mississippi (Observed Days) |
| August-16 | Tuesday | National Airborne Day | New Jersey (Observed Days) |
| August-16 | Tuesday | National Airborne Day | Louisiana (Special Days) |
| August-19 | Friday | Statehood Day | Hawaii (Public Holidays) |
| August-22 | Monday | Coal Truck Driver Appreciation Day | Kentucky (Designated Days) |
| August-24 | Wednesday | Wickersham Day | Alaska (Designated Days) |
| August-26 | Friday | Women's Independence Day | Texas (Recognition Days) |
| August-27 | Saturday | Lyndon Baines Johnson Day | Texas (Public Holidays) |
| August-28 | Sunday | Family Day | Tennessee (Observed Days) |
| August-29 | Monday | Toms River East Little League World Champions Day | New Jersey (Observed Days) |
| August-30 | Tuesday | Huey P. Long Day | Louisiana (Special Days) |
| August-29 | Tuesday | Katrina Day of Remembrance | Mississippi (Observed Days) |