Easter Monday Holiday

The Monday after Easter, rather than Good Friday as in every other state, was a legal holiday in North Carolina for 52 years. The bill establishing the holiday was introduced by Senator Paul Davis Grady of Johnston County [2] and was ratified on 19 Apr. 1935 [3]. Although no written documents support the claim, oral tradition has long maintained that the reason North Carolina celebrated Easter Monday was to afford fans a greater opportunity to attend the North Carolina State [4]-Wake Forest [5] baseball game [6], which for many years was played the Monday after Easter. The law was amended in 1987 [7] to observe the holiday on Good Friday rather than Easter Monday.