Presidents Day

Whether you call it President's Day or George Washington's birthday, the February holiday could bring about some inconveniences as there are plenty of ...

That means everything from DMV offices to courts and city halls will not be accessible. Ground service for both could be modified, though, due to the USPS closure. Others are operating normally. Are banks open on President’s Day? Some offices are closed. Some 17 years later, lawmakers did pass the “Uniform Monday Holiday Act,” moving the celebration from founding father George Washington’s actual birthday (Feb. 22) to the third Monday of February.

Washington was a historically revered military general, giving the military families of Central Texas a deeper appreciation for President's Day.

President's Day is more than just a day off from school or work, it’s a chance to reflect and celebrate our country’s history. ”We’re a really patriotic family. ”Washington was actually born on February 11, 1732.

The federal holiday is observed on the third Monday of February each year and recognizes the birthdays of presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Collections for the remainder of the week will be delayed one day. Schools: Schools in the area, including Cincinnati Public Schools, Covington Independent Schools, Newport Independent Schools, Kenton County Schools, Boone County Schools and Campbell County Schools are closed. Be sure to check your local bank hours.

Today is President's Day—an annual federal holiday that falls on the third Monday of February. Here's a quick history about the holiday—and the presidency. If ...

- As President’s Day became the recognized name of the holiday in popular culture, state and local governments followed suit. - Although most states officially recognize the third Monday of February as President’s Day, not all do. - How did Americans begin referring to Washington’s Birthday as “President’s Day”?Accordingto the National Archives—because of advertisers: “Local advertisers morphed both ‘Abraham Lincoln’s Birthday’ and ‘George Washington’s Birthday’ into the sales sound bite ‘President’s Day,’ expanding the traditional three-day sales to begin before Lincoln’s birth date and end after Washington’s February 22 birth. Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, it is our policy to always refer to holidays by the names designated in the law.” In 1968, Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Actto give workers more three-day weekends—the law refers to “Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February.” - President’s Day always falls betweenGeorge Washington’sbirthday (Feb. 22) and Abraham Lincoln’sbirthday (Feb. 12). The holiday began informally on Feb. 22, 1800, a year after Washingon died. We’ll return to your inbox tomorrow with our regularly scheduled look at the latest in local, state, and federal politics.

The first President to be “officially” from Pennstylvania is our 15th President James Buchanan. Born in Franklin County and a graduate of Dickinson College, ...

By elevating myth over reality, the holiday does a disservice to history. An honor cordon is in place at the Lincoln Memorial in ...

From the right it seems obvious that we don’t need to be honoring the aggrandizement of Washington-based politicians. From the left it seems obvious that we don’t need a holiday honoring 46 presidents, all of them men. This, combined with the wishes of car dealers and mattress sellers, led to people transforming the holiday on the third Monday in February as an all-purpose “Presidents Day.” The name suggests we honor Lincoln and Washington no less than Richard Nixon or Warren G. Harding or Donald Trump. One hastens to add: The aim is not to “cancel,” in the contemporary sense of the word, any particular president. “Both read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other. There are two conceptions of what it means to learn history — always in tension with each other, and sometimes in flat contradiction. A month before the end of the Civil War, and his own assassination, Lincoln noted how neither North nor South had envisioned a conflict so violent: One kind of history aims to create national heroes. So while one style of history studies the past in search of moral clarity, the other is attuned to moral ambiguity. Is there a way that the center can find its voice in arguments about the presidency? Long-forgotten lives, like the dozens of people killed in the Tulsa race massacre, are being vaulted into public consciousness. Historical reappraisal has been especially vigorous in a particular arena: the U.S. presidency.