Holiday Details
- Holiday Name
- President's Day
- Country
- American Samoa
- Date
- February 16, 2026
- Day of Week
- Monday
- Status
- 45 days away
- About this Holiday
- President's Day is a public holiday in American Samoa
President's Day
American Samoa • February 16, 2026 • Monday
45
Days
07
Hours
16
Mins
40
Secs
until President's Day
Pacific/Pago_Pago timezone
About President's Day
Also known as: Washington's Birthday
O le Aso o Peresitene i Amerika Samoa: O se Taiala Atoatoa
O le Aso o Peresitene, po o le "President's Day," o se aso malolo feterale tāua tele lea o lo o faamanatuina i tausaga taʻitasi i le Iunaite Setete atoa, e aofia ai ma le Teritori o Amerika Samoa. O lenei aso e lē gata o se taimi e mālōlō ai mai galuega masani, ae o se avanoa taua e manatunatu ai i le talafaasolopito o le malo tele o le Iunaite Setete ma taitai sa taulau manuia i le taitaina o lenei atunuu tele. I Amerika Samoa, o lenei aso e faamanatuina ma le faaaloalo tele ona o le sootaga malosi ma le faamaoni o le teritori i le fuʻa a le Iunaite Setete.
O le uiga moni o lenei aso malolo e faavae i le faamanatuina o le fanau mai o George Washington, le uluai Peresitene o le Iunaite Setete. Peitai, i le gasologa o tausaga, ua suia le uiga o lenei aso e faamanatu ai foi le soifua ma le tautua a Abraham Lincoln, faapea foi ma isi peresitene uma sa tautuaina le feterale. Mo tagata o Amerika Samoa, o lenei aso o se faailoga o le lotonuu ma le agaga faafetai mo le puipuiga ma le taitaiina o lo o maua mai i le malo tele. E taua tele lenei aso aua o lo o faamamafa ai tulaga faatauaina o le faatemokalasi, le saolotoga, ma le taitaiina lelei lea o lo o fesoasoani i le atinaʻeina o le teritori.
O le agaga o lenei aso i Amerika Samoa e ese teisi lona faatinoga pe a faatusatusa i setete tetele. E ui e leai ni solo tetele po o ni faaaliga afi, ae o le filemu ma le mālōlō faatasi o aiga o le faailoga sili lea. O se taimi e manatua ai e le tupulaga talavou le taua o le sootaga faapolokiki o lo o i ai nei, ma le auala o lo o aafia ai le olaga i aso taitai i le motu ona o faaiuga e faia i Uosigitone D.C. O le Aso o Peresitene o se alalaupapa lea e fesootai ai le tamaʻi motu i le Pasefika ma le malosiaga tele o le lalolagi.
O anafea le Aso o Peresitene i le 2026?
Mo le tausaga 2026, o le Aso o Peresitene o le a paʻū i le aso lenei:
Aso o le vaiaso: Monday Aso tonu: February 16, 2026 Taimi o lo o totoe: E 44 aso o lo o totoe seia aulia lea aso malolo tāua.
O le aso mo lenei faamanatu e le o se aso tumau i tausaga uma (pei o le Kerisimasi), ae o se aso e fesuisuiai e tusa ai ma le tulafono a le feterale. O le "Uniform Monday Holiday Act" lea na pasia i le tausaga e 1971, na faatulaga ai lenei aso malolo ina ia paʻū i taimi uma i le Aso Gafua lona tolu o le masina o Fepuari. O lenei faatulagaga na faia ina ia mafai ai e tagata faigaluega ona maua se faaiuga o le vaiaso e tolu aso le umi, lea e amata mai i le Aso Toonai seia aulia le Aso Gafua. Mo le tausaga 2026, o le a amata le malologa mai le Aso Toonai, Fepuari 14, seia aulia le aso malolo tonu i le aso 16 o Fepuari.
Talafaasolopito ma le Amataga o le Aso
O le talafaasolopito o lenei aso malolo e amata mai i le maliu o George Washington i le tausaga e 1799. O le aso fanau o Washington (Fepuari 22) na avea ma aso taua e manatua ai lona soifua, ma i le tausaga e 1879, na avea ai aloaia ma aso malolo feterale i Uosigitone D.C. Mulimuli ane i le 1885, na faalautele ai lenei aso malolo i ofisa feterale uma i totonu o le atunuu.
I le vaitaimi o le 1960, na amata ai ona i ai se suiga i le mafaufau o le Konekeresi. Sa latou mananao e faaitiitia le motusia o galuega i le lotolotoi o le vaiaso, ma sa latou manatu o le siitia o aso malolo i Aso Gafua o le a fesoasoani i le tamaoaiga ma le soifua maloloina o tagata faigaluega. I lalo o le "Uniform Monday Holiday Act," sa tuufaatasia ai foi le manatu e faamanatu Abraham Lincoln (o lona aso fanau o Fepuari 12) faatasi ma Washington. E ui o le igoa aloaia i le tulafono feterale o lo o tumau pea o le "Washington's Birthday," ae o le tele o setete ma teritori, e aofia ai ma Amerika Samoa, ua masani ona faaaoga le igoa "President's Day" e faamanatu ai peresitene uma sa tautua.
Mo Amerika Samoa, o lenei talafaasolopito e taua aua o lo o faamautu ai le aloaia o le teritori i lalo o le faamalu a le Iunaite Setete. Talu mai le sainia o le Feagaiga o le Tuuina Atu (Deed of Cession) i le 1900 ma le 1904, ua amanaia ai e tagata Samoa le pulega a le Peresitene o le Iunaite Setete e avea ma o latou taitai sili i lalo o le feterale.
Faatinoga ma Tu ma Aga i Amerika Samoa
E ui o Amerika Samoa o se atunuu e malosi ona tu ma aga faaleaganuu (Fa'asamoa), ae o aso malolo feterale e faamanatuina ma le filiga. O le Aso o Peresitene i le motu e masani lava ona sili atu lona filemu nai lo le Aso o le Fuʻa (Flag Day) po o le Aso o le Kerisimasi.
- Lotu ma le Faafetai: O le tele o aiga Samoa e amata o latou aso malolo i le tatalo. E ui e le o se aso faalelotu, ae o le agaga faafetai mo le taitaiina lelei o le malo o se vaega masani lea o talosaga i totonu o aiga.
- Mafutaga Faaleaiga: Talu ai o se faaiuga o le vaiaso e tolu aso, o le tele o aiga e o i matafaga pei o Utulei, Alega, po o le National Park i Vaitogi ma ofu mo tafaoga. O le kuka i luga o le umu po o le papakiu (BBQ) o se mea masani lea i lenei aso.
- Aoga ma Aoaoga: I vaiaso a o lumanai le aso malolo, o aoga i Amerika Samoa, e aofia ai aoga tulagalua ma aoga maualuluga, latou te aʻoaʻoina fanau e uiga i le sao o George Washington ma Abraham Lincoln. O le American Samoa Community College (ASCC) o lo o i ai foi lenei aso i la latou kalena faaleaoaoga e avea o se aso malolo mo faiaoga ma tamaiti aoga.
- Faatauga: O nisi o pisinisi tetele i le motu e ono faia ni faatauga faapitoa (sales), pei ona masani ai i le Iunaite Setete, e ui e le o se mea tele tele pei o le "Black Friday."
Faamatalaga Taua mo Tagata Lautele
Afai o oe o se tagata e nofo i Amerika Samoa po o se tasi o lo o fuafua e asiasi atu i le teritori i le taimi o le Aso o Peresitene i le 2026, e i ai nai mea taua e tatau ona e silafia:
Ofisa o le Malo: O ofisa uma o le Malo o Amerika Samoa (ASG) o le a tapunia. O lona uiga e leai ni laisene ave taavale e mafai ona faafouina, e tapunia le falemai (vagana ai potu mo faalavelave faafuasei), ma e leai ni auaunaga faamasinoga. Fale Meli: Talu ai o se aso malolo feterale, o le Ofisa o le Meli i Fagatogo ma isi lala o le a tapunia foi. E leai se meli e tufatufaina i lenei aso. Faletupe: O faletupe o lo o faagaioia i le teritori, e pei o le Territorial Bank of American Samoa (TBAS), e masani ona tapunia i aso malolo feterale. E lelei le faia o au fefaatauaiga i le Aso Faraile a o lumanai le aso malolo.
- Fefiloi o le Faasamoa ma le Tulafono Feterale: E ui o se aso malolo feterale, ae ia manatua o lo o faamamaluina pea tulafono ma tu masani a nuu taitasi. Afai o le a e tafaoga i se matafaga o lo o i totonu o se nuu, ia mautinoa e faaaloalo i sa o le afiafi ma tulafono a le nuu.
Aisea e Taua ai lenei Aso mo Amerika Samoa?
O le fesili e masani ona tulaʻi mai, "Aisea e faamanatu ai e tagata Samoa se aso mo peresitene o Amerika?" O le tali o lo o i totonu o le sootaga loloto i le va o le teritori ma le malo tele. Amerika Samoa o le teritori e pito sili ona maualuga le pasene o tagata o lo o auai i le vaega au tau a le Iunaite Setete (U.S. Armed Forces) pe a faatusatusa i le faitau aofai o tagata.
Mo le tele o aiga i Amerika Samoa, o le Aso o Peresitene o se aso e faamamaluina ai le "Commander-in-Chief" (le Taitai Sili o le Vaega Au). O le toatele o tama ma teine fanau a le atunuu o lo o tautuai le fuʻa i atunuu mamao, ma o le peresitene o le tagata lea o lo o tuuina atu poloaiga mo lo latou saogalemu ma le puipuiga o le saolotoga. O le mea lea, o le faamanatuina o peresitene o se faailoga foi lea o le lagolago i fanau o lo o tautua i le militeri.
E le gata i lea, o le fesoasoani feterale mai le ofisa o le peresitene e taua tele mo le tamaoaiga o Amerika Samoa. Mai le faatupeina o auala, aoga, seia aulia le puipuiga o le gataifale ma le siosiomaga, o le pulega a le peresitene o lo o i ai sona aafiaga tuusaʻo i le olaga i aso taitai i le motu. O le aso lenei e maua ai le avanoa e talanoaina ai le taua o le avea ma vaega o le "Aiga Amerika."
O le Aso o Peresitene o se Aso Malolo mo Tagata Uma?
Ioe, o le Aso o Peresitene o se aso malolo aloaia mo tagata lautele i Amerika Samoa. O lona uiga o se aso mālōlō totogi mo tagata faigaluega a le malo. Mo pisinisi tumoti, e pule lava le pulega pe tapunia pe leai, ae o le toatele o pisinisi tetele e masani ona mālōlō pe faaitiitia itula faigaluega.
O faleoloa o oloa eseese ma supamaketi e masani lava ona matala mo ni itula faatapulaaina e tautuaina ai le atunuu i meaai ma isi manaoga. O pasi lautele (aiga buses) e ono faaitiitia i luga o le auala ona o le toatele o ave pasi e fia mālōlō faatasi ma o latou aiga.
Faaiuga
O le Aso o Peresitene i le 2026 o le a avea ma taimi taua mo Amerika Samoa e toe tepa ai i tua i le lototele o taitai o le taua, ma vaai i luma i le lumanai o le sootaga ma le Iunaite Setete. Pe o oe o lo o e faamanatuina i se tatalo faafetai, se tafaoga ma le aiga i le matafaga, po o le na o le fiafia i se aso mālōlō mai galuega, ia manatua o lenei aso o se vaega taua o lo tatou talafaasolopito faatasi.
A o tatou agai atu i le aso February 16, 2026, ia tatou manatua le taua o le taitaiina lelei ma le lotonuu. O le Aso o Peresitene e sili atu lona uiga nai lo na o se aso malolo; o se faailoga o le mautu, o le faaaloalo, ma le faamoemoe mo se lumanai manuia mo Amerika Samoa ma le Iunaite Setete atoa.
Ia manatua le aso: Monday, February 16, 2026. E 44 aso o lo o totoe. Ia manuia le tapenaga mo lenei aso malolo tāua
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about President's Day in American Samoa
In American Samoa, President's Day will be observed on Monday, February 16, 2026. There are currently 44 days remaining until this significant occasion. This holiday is always held on the third Monday of February each year, ensuring a consistent schedule for residents and government employees across the territory to honor the executive leadership of the United States.
Yes, it is an official public holiday. As a territory of the United States, American Samoa recognizes federal holidays, meaning that government offices, the American Samoa Community College, and many private businesses are closed. This creates a three-day long weekend for the community, allowing families to rest and participate in local activities starting from the preceding Saturday.
President's Day is officially known at the federal level as Washington's Birthday. It was originally established to honor George Washington, the first President of the United States, whose actual birthday is February 22. Over time, the holiday has evolved to honor all individuals who have served as U.S. Presidents, reflecting on their contributions to the nation’s history and the democratic process.
The holiday follows the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1971, which moved several federal holidays to specific Mondays. This was done to provide workers with more long weekends throughout the year. Because it is fixed to the third Monday of February, the holiday always falls between February 15 and February 21, meaning it never actually lands on George Washington's real birthday of February 22.
While there are fewer large-scale parades compared to other holidays, many people in American Samoa use the long weekend for family gatherings, beach outings, and traditional fa'a Samoa activities. It is a time for relaxation and community bonding. Some educational institutions like the American Samoa Community College may include historical lessons or themes regarding the presidency in their curriculum leading up to the break.
On this day, you can expect all local and federal government offices in Pago Pago and other villages to be closed. This includes the post office, public schools, and the territorial courts. While some retail stores and restaurants remain open to serve the public, it is highly recommended to complete any official paperwork or banking tasks before the weekend begins to avoid delays.
There are no specific traditional Samoan customs tied exclusively to President's Day; however, the day is respected as a time of rest. In a broader sense, it serves as a reminder of the political relationship between American Samoa and the United States. Patriotic displays, such as flying the U.S. flag alongside the American Samoa flag, are common sights at government buildings and residential homes across the islands.
Visitors should be aware that public transportation, such as aiga buses, might run on a limited schedule on Monday. Since it is a long weekend, popular beaches and parks may be more crowded than usual with local families. It is a great time to enjoy the local atmosphere, but you should book any necessary services or tours in advance, as some operators may take the day off to spend time with their families.
Historical Dates
President's Day dates in American Samoa from 2010 to 2025
| Year | Day of Week | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Monday | February 17, 2025 |
| 2024 | Monday | February 19, 2024 |
| 2023 | Monday | February 20, 2023 |
| 2022 | Monday | February 21, 2022 |
| 2021 | Monday | February 15, 2021 |
| 2020 | Monday | February 17, 2020 |
| 2019 | Monday | February 18, 2019 |
| 2018 | Monday | February 19, 2018 |
| 2017 | Monday | February 20, 2017 |
| 2016 | Monday | February 15, 2016 |
| 2015 | Monday | February 16, 2015 |
| 2014 | Monday | February 17, 2014 |
| 2013 | Monday | February 18, 2013 |
| 2012 | Monday | February 20, 2012 |
| 2011 | Monday | February 21, 2011 |
| 2010 | Monday | February 15, 2010 |
Note: Holiday dates may vary. Some holidays follow lunar calendars or have different observance dates. Purple indicates weekends.
About American Samoa
- Country Code
- AS
- Continent
- Other
- Total Holidays
- 6