Did you give your employees the day off on July 5th, since the holiday fell on a Thursday?

Yes, we closed on Friday 05July.
Used it as one of our "floating" paid holidays.

No, we stayed open Friday - and had no call outs. Since a good slice of my team's compensation is tied to call center results, they were fine with working (or requested off in advance.)

Our company runs on a 24/7 care center, so the office was open including for the operations and back office people. Most people used their PTO or vacation time. That left the office quiet and very productive for those of us who did come in to work.

We did not either; we have the approved holiday's listed in the policy manual and the day after a holiday I would think should be a PTO day if they want to take it off. I do however give them the option; if they would rather work the holiday and take the next day off they could do that.

We were closed on Friday the 5th.
As a wholesaler, it was in line with our agents, business would have been very slow. Also, many employees would have tried to schedule the day off to have a long weekend. This way everyone received a long weekend / mini vacation.