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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 ...
Presidents Day or 'Washington's Birthday,' as the government calls it, celebrates both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Here's what day it's on.
The 2026 United States elections are scheduled to be held, in large part, on Tuesday, November 3, 2026. In this U.S. midterm election, which will occur during Republican President Donald Trump's non-consecutive second term, all 435 seats in the U.S. House of Representatives and 33 of the 100 seats in the U.S. Senate will be contested to determine the 120th United States Congress.
The following is a list of events of the year 2026 in the United States, as well as predicted and scheduled events that have not yet occurred. 2026 is the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence of the United States from the British Empire . [ 1 ]
In a 2012, 60 Minutes/Vanity Fair poll, 35% of surveyed Americans said they’d choose to get rid of Presidents’ Day over other holidays like Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day.
Presidents Day was established in 1879 to celebrate the birthday of the nation's first president, George Washington, born on Feb. 22, 1732. Later, the holiday grew to honor 16th president Abraham ...
Here's when Presidents Day will be observed in 2024 and why we celebrate. Former President George Washington's birthday was celebrated by Americans soon after his death. When is Presidents Day 2024?
The numbers refer to their Senate classes.All class 1 seats were contested in the November 2024 elections.In this Congress, class 1 means their term commenced in the current Congress, requiring re-election in 2030; class 2 means their term ends with this Congress, requiring re-election in 2026; and class 3 means their term began in the last Congress, requiring re-election in 2028.