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Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as presidents of the United States and, since 1879, has been the federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington, who led the Continental Army to victory in the American ...
An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further ...
The U.S. has celebrated Presidents Day for 145 years in honor of the nation's first president, George Washington. The day was initially established in 1879 to celebrate the birthday of Washington.
The federal holiday is observed in the United States to commemorate the birthday of the nation’s first president, George Washington, and has been celebrated for over a century since it was ...
In the 1880s, Presidents’ Day was known to be the birthday (12 February) of the first president of the United States. Yet, over time, a widespread appreciation for the country’s many vanguards ...
Because Washington's birthday is also close to former President Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12, Presidents Day is often used as a way to celebrate all of the U.S. presidents.
February 15–21 (3rd Monday) – The federal holiday Washington's Birthday is recognized as "George Washington Day". October 8–14 (2nd Monday) – The federal holiday Columbus Day is recognized as "Columbus Day and Yorktown Victory Day", which honors the final victory at the Siege of Yorktown in the Revolutionary War.
Presidents Day, also known as "Washington's Birthday," celebrates the country's first president, George Washington. It is a yearly federal holiday; this year, it falls on Monday, Feb. 19.