Presidents Day

Monday marks Presidents Day, and some offices and services will close in observance. Here's what you need to know about what's open and closed.

[FedEx will also deliver mail on Monday](https://www.fedex.com/content/dam/fedex/us-united-states/services/FedEx-Holiday-Schedule1.pdf), though some deliveries will have modified service. Lincoln?)](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/02/19/presidents-day-honors-washington-lincoln/6812840001/) The U.S. [TD Bank,](https://www.td.com/us/en/about-us/holiday-schedule) will be open on the holiday. But to this day, Presidents Day isn’t a holiday that guarantees everyone will have the day off. Your local post office might be closed, but your workplace isn’t.

ST. GEORGE — What do Monday holidays and George Washington have in common? George Washington's actual birthday is Feb. 22, 1732, but in 1971, ...

“The lack of uniform celebrations allows people to remember the president they admire most. Known as “The Great Communicator,” Reagan’s birthday is Feb. “The holiday’s commercialization allows retailers and other companies to generate revenue by connecting sales to history,” Clark said. 22, regardless of the day of the week, remained a Federal workers’ holiday and also a day to celebrate Washington’s birthday. which moved Washington’s ‘birthday’ to a Monday every year, was also undertaken in the name of a certain kind of efficiency, presumably to create a long weekend to allow for celebration or vacationing without an interruption to work.” Presidents, and is generally used on calendars, in advertising and even by many government agencies.” Scholar Barry Schwartz explains that Stratton had many objectives for three-day weekends, including creating jobs associated with the tourist industry, increasing tax revenue and making it easier for schools, public institutions and businesses to schedule days off.” Samuel Stratton “worked to create smaller federally recognized holidays throughout the year. “The holiday has certainly gotten more commercial since 1971 in that lots of businesses used to close for the holiday, whereas now most remain open – or even offer sales,” Utah Tech University history professor Dr. Washington’s Birthday had become the first Federal holiday to single out an individual’s birth date.” But the 90th Congress had other ideas. And how the U.S.

In honor of Presidents Day 2023, take a look back at the history of America's leaders by breaking down presidential "by the numbers" facts.

president](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/former-president-jimmy-carter-spend-remaining-time-home-receiving-hospice-care) at the age of 98. [CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR LIFESTYLE NEWSLETTER](https://www.foxnews.com/newsletters?cmpid=fnfirstnl) [He was first elected](https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-jan-21-1977-president-carter-pardons-vietnam-war-draft-dodgers) in 1976 after defeating the Republican incumbent Gerald Ford. [Emancipation Proclamation](https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/juneteenth-what-why-celebrate) on Jan. [commemoration of George Washington's](https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/this-day-history-jan-8-1790-george-washington-delivers-first-state-union-address) birthday. [THE GREAT ADVICE OF WASHINGTON AND LINCOLN ON PRESIDENTS DAY](https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/presidents-day-great-advice-from-great-us-presidents) HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW THIS POPULAR HOLIDAY?](https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/presidents-day-quiz-how-well-know-popular-holiday) Grant, Benjamin Harrison and William Howard Taft, reports History.com. [ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, NOV. Kennedy is the nation's youngest leader. New York has provided five presidents and Massachusetts has given four. It was noted as being the longest

This year, Presidents' Day is on Monday, Feb. 20. The holiday falls on the third Monday in February, traditionally honoring George Washington's birthday but ...

In 1968, U.S. Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which established the observance of presidents. Some states celebrate Abraham Lincoln's birthday ...

Because it is a bank holiday in the Federal Reserve system, most banks will be closed. Besides government offices, including courts and libraries, U.S. Federal, state and local government offices will be closed to honor the 45 U.S.

America venerates its founding fathers on Presidents' Day, even as it reckons with the fact that many of them enslaved people. NPR's Michel Martin talks to ...

But they also - Washington, certainly, Jefferson and Madison - in particular, those three - they acknowledged that slavery was a contradiction to the ideals that they were fighting for. These notions that Jefferson wrote - that all men are created equal, that we have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, that governments can only govern with the consent of the governed - these are really fundamentally important ideas that have stood the test of time, in spite of the fact that Jefferson was perhaps the greatest example of this contradiction. A lot of people will say, well, they were men of their time, and slavery was what they grew up with, and that was their world. And understanding what they did and the contradictions that they lived with does not negate the extraordinary accomplishments. And at a different point, largely in my conversations with young people around the country talking about the Civil War and talking about presidents and talking about slavery, I thought, I really need to flip the narrative here and look at this from the perspective of the enslaved themselves. It was the result of my concern and questioning about this fundamental contradiction in American history. What was more surprising to me as I became more interested in writing about this as a historian was that so many people still did believe it. DAVIS: I don't think it was disturbing to me so much as the fact that, you know, growing up when I did, the notion that this story of the Washington who cut down the cherry tree and couldn't tell a lie was a complete fabrication wasn't so much a shock to me. And when I was in school as a kid - and I'm talking about the 1960s and even early 1970s - Washington and most of the other presidents, like Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, were still on their pedestals. And when I set out to write "Don't Know Much About History," which came out more than 30 years ago, I was really profoundly interested in answering this question, how did these men, who defend this idea all men are created equal and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - how did those men say those words and then go home to plantations, businesses, homes completely dependent upon enslaved labor? So as we get ready to celebrate another holiday that lionizes our commanders in chief, we were wondering if there is a better way to get at the truth of presidents who've been the stuff of myth but who were also human beings and the products of their times. It wasn't until the 1970s, when a new generation of scholarship started to come along, that we began to talk about the fact that these marbleized statues, as we knew them, the faces on our money, were slaveholders.

It is still a holiday, Presidents' Day across the land, and specifically referring to the real birthdays of George Washington (on this date) and Abraham Lincoln ...

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In January I wrote about how the holiday to honor Martin Luther King Jr. came to be. That scratched my curiosity on other holidays and the traditions.

The Order of the Purple Heart is awarded to members of the U.S. Borglum chose Washington to be the most prominent figure, representing the birth of the United States. War Department announced the creation of the “Order of the Purple Heart.” Douglas MacArthur, took up the cause, hoping to reinstate the medal in time for the bicentennial of George Washington’s birth. The honoree’s name and regiment were also to be inscribed in a “Book of Merit.” Army chief of staff, sent an unsuccessful draft bill to Congress to “revive the Badge of Military Merit.” In 1968 Congress passed the Monday Holiday Law to “provide uniform annual observance to certain legal public holidays on Mondays.” The act also included a provision to combine the celebration of Washington’s birthday with the birthday of Abraham Lincoln, Feb. The “Book of Merit” was lost, and the decoration was largely forgotten until 1927, when General Charles P. 31, 1879, when it was added to the list of holidays to be observed by federal employees in the District of Columbia. 22, 1862, members gathered in the House Chamber to hear the address read by the secretary of state. With the death of Washington in 1799 at the age of 67, his date of birth became a day of remembrance. Citizens of Philadelphia had petitioned Congress to commemorate the 130th anniversary of Washington’s birth by reading Washington’s Farewell Address at a joint session.

The holiday honoring the 45 presidents is not observed by the state government as among 10 paid holidays. All Palm Beach County offices, including courts, are ...

Because it is a bank holiday in the Federal Reserve system, most banks will be closed. Besides government offices, including courts and libraries, U.S. Eight other states also don't observe a day honoring presidents.

News 12 Storm Watch Team Meteorologist Michele Powers says milder air returns to the tri-state area this week, but several weather systems will bring rain or ...

Highs will be around 50, but falling during the day. Highs will be in the 50s, lows will be above freezing in the 30s. Highs will be 65-75 south of Interstate-195, with 55-65 readings north of there.

Monday 20 February marks the annual celebration of Presidents of the United States, but why is the holiday held on that date and where does it come from?

The logic behind this move was sound; Congress wanted to reward American workers with more long weekends, understanding that a Monday holiday was of greater value than a midweek break. Washington’s birthday was originally chosen for the holiday but a legislative change in 1968 meant that the exact date now varies each year. It was only the fifth holiday to enjoy such garlanded status, following Christmas Day, New Year’s Day, Independence Day and Thanksgiving. However it was not until the late 1870s that there was a real push for Washington’s birthday to become a federal holiday. In 1832, for example, the centennial of his birthday was a major occasion and his legend was further venerated in 1848 with the start of the construction of the Washington Monument. In the 19th century Washington was celebrated as the most important character in American history and his birthdate, 22 February, became a day of remembrance.

Our atypically mild weather continues tonight and tomorrow. Not as much sunshine or breeziness is expected for Presidents' Day. Luckily for outdoor plans, ...

The trees will probably keep up their high levels of activity. area, according to the Phenology Network. Overnight, we have some clouds and shower chances as temperatures dip into the low to mid-40s. Temperatures continue to stay above average and cool only slightly overnight, into the low to mid-40s. Shower or sprinkle chances are low, but are greatest during the afternoon. We could still see a couple of southwesterly gusts near 25 mph in the early evening, though.

This Monday, February 20, marks Presidents Day. The federal holiday falls on the third Monday of February, commemorating America's 45 commanders in chief ...

Most stores and restaurants will be open Monday, but double check with local businesses. Federal and state courts will also be closed. Presidents Day is a bank holiday in the Federal Reserve system, so most banks will be closed.

The federal holiday is also known as Washington's Birthday and was initially proposed to celebrate the first U.S. president.

The federal holiday means that many government offices and some private businesses will be closed, but what about mail services? The Act was ratified under President Richard Nixon, with the holiday being called Presidents' Day. - Presidents' Day: Monday, February 20 federal holiday observed on the third Monday of every February. Just months after Washington's death in 1799, people celebrated his birth, becoming a day of remembrance. In 1862, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation declaring February 22 a day of celebration honoring Washington.

The holiday was first established in 1879 as Washington's Birthday to honor the first US president. It was commemorated on Washington's Feb. 22 birthday until ...

In 1753, however, Parliament adopted the now-standard Gregorian calendar, which shifted everything by one year and 11 days. But after the date change, the day became more commonly referred to as "Presidents Day," 22 as a state holiday at all. Last year, it was Democrat Patrick Leahy of Vermont. It wasn't made a federal holiday, however, until 1879 -- the first one to commemorate an individual. At the time, the colonies -- like the rest of the British Empire -- used the Julian calendar. George Washington was born in Westmoreland County, Virginia, on Feb. It was commemorated on Washington's Feb. 22 birthday became an annual day of remembrance. - In Utah, its referred to as Washington and Lincoln Day. [According to the National Archives](https://www.archives.gov/legislative/features/washington), Presidents Day will never fall on George Washington's actual birthday, since the latest the third Monday in February can fall is Feb. 12).

Presidents Day 2023 falls on Monday, Feb. 20. Here's everything that's open and closed for the holiday, including the post office and banks.

In fact, there are as many as 15 different names for this day among the states, with Presidents Day, President’s Day, and Presidents’ Day all widely used. Mail delivery is suspended that day, but [UPS](https://fortune.com/company/ups/) and [FedEx](https://fortune.com/company/fedex/) continue to conduct business as usual, including deliveries for all divisions. Schools, in general, are shut down for the day as well. “President’s Day” as we know it today was born in the 1980s, after retailers noted the close proximity of Washington’s birthday and that of Abraham Lincoln (born Feb. 12) and Thomas Jefferson (who was born in April). Someone in some marketing department decided President’s Day was catchier and it ultimately became the way we all think of today.

This year, we celebrate Feb. 20 as Presidents Day. Joe Biden brings the number of men remembered by this holiday to 45 (Grover Cleveland having held the ...

Henry “Light Horse Harry” Lee described Washington as “first in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen.” He stands alone for his deeds, his precedent, and his character. We Americans live under the shade of the many blessings he bestowed on his country. He presided over the Constitutional Convention in the Summer of 1787, whereby the world’s most remarkable, humanly-composed governing document came to be. He led the colonial forces to victory in the American Revolution, a feat that demonstrated brilliance, resourcefulness, and resilience against great odds. Indeed, the Constitution’s Framers showed distinct genius in creating a republican office once thought reserved for monarchs, one that combined energy and safety in the exercise of executive power. Only in 1971 did the third Monday of February take on the generic remembrance of all chief executives.

Most all of the U.S. commemorates today as Presidents Day. And while it's traditionally a time to honor the first American president George Washington, ...

The idea of a day to honor Washington dates back to the 1870s when Sen. Jefferson, a Virginian, was the third U.S. On a federal level, however, the day is still officially known as Washington’s birthday. And while it’s traditionally a time to honor the first American president George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president and considered one of the best American leaders, is recognized by name in many state resolutions. 22 – to the list of existing national holidays. Most all of the U.S.

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The U.S. is celebrating Presidents Day Monday and while many will be off work for the federal holiday, they'll also be wondering where they can go and what ...

UPS says "pickup and delivery services are available," on Presidents Day. It was declared a federal holiday that would take place on the third Monday of February. In Chicago, CPS schools and offices will be closed for Presidents Day, for example. According to the Federal Reserve Bank, "all nonessential federal offices and many financial institutions" will be closed for business during federal holidays like Presidents Day. The U.S. is celebrating Presidents Day Monday and while many will be off work for the federal holiday, they'll also be wondering where they can go and what they can do.

Photo credit: Tim Mossholder on Unsplash If you were sleeping late Monday morning you may have been among those affected by the designation of today, ...

The observance always falls on the third Monday in February, fitting itself between Washington’s Birthday and that of President Abraham Lincoln on Feb. Although Presidents Day never falls on his birthday, the day is officially known as Washington’s Birthday, remembering the birth of the nation’s first President George Washington, born on Feb. Most governmental offices are closed Monday to mark the day.

Each February, Americans celebrate Presidents' Day with those two national pastimes: a day off work if they can get it, and sales on consumer goods. Originally ...

[refers to](https://reason.com/2008/05/12/the-cult-of-the-presidency/) as "the cult of the presidency." An [oft-quoted](https://eppc.org/publication/the-presidency-deserves-respect-even-when-the-president-does-not/) [canard](https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/op-ed/bs-ed-presidency-20150331-story.html) says that we should "respect the presidency, if not the president." And that's to say nothing of the other powers, like [invoking](https://reason.com/2022/06/20/the-defense-production-act-has-become-a-license-for-central-planning/) the Defense Production Act to force private companies to make certain products, that Congress directly signed over to the president. And Presidents' Day is a perfect time to remember to treat the office not with inherent respect but just as any other taxpayer-funded role. But in the more than two centuries since, the executive branch [accrued enormous power](https://hls.harvard.edu/today/presidential-power-surges/) in direct contradiction to what the Founders intended. [retire](https://msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdstatehouse/html/gwresignation.html) after two terms in office rather than risk becoming akin to a king in the new nation. [sales](https://www.wsj.com/buyside/shopping-holidays/best-presidents-day-sales-fb60526b) on consumer goods. As the Cato Institute's Gene Healy [wrote](https://reason.com/2008/05/12/the-cult-of-the-presidency/) in 2008, "The Founding Fathers designed a presidency of modest authority and limited responsibilities." They aren't celebrities. They aren't monarchs. And they aren't your friends! [ceded](https://reason.com/2018/06/07/congress-needs-to-reclaim-its-war-powers/) these roles to the executive.

(WKBN) – Presidents Day is celebrated on Monday, Feb. 20, and you may be wondering what is open and closed on this day. The U.S. Postal Service will be closed for mail delivery for the holiday until Tuesday, Feb. 21. However, those expecting the mail ...

Presidents Day is a bank holiday in the Federal Reserve system, so most banks will be closed.

Most stores and restaurants will be open Monday, but double-check with local businesses. Federal and state courts will also be closed. Presidents Day is a bank holiday in the Federal Reserve system, so most banks will be closed.

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Presidents Day could be more than just a day to shop for bargains on cars or refrigerators. We could honor George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.

Even though federal employees have the day as a holiday, the law did not officially change the third Monday of February to Presidents Day, so it remains Washington's Birthday. Lincoln deserves a more prominent date because of his guiding the country through the Civil War and issuing the Emancipation Proclamation, Brinkley said. Brinkley would prefer Presidents Day have a name attached to it. Anthony be added to those celebrated on the third Monday of February, but that measure was not acted on. It also resulted in Washington's birthday never being celebrated on his actual birthday, since the law took effect in 1971, notes And it was also the first federal holiday to honor a single person's birth date; the second, Martin Luther King Jr. 22) or Presidents Day (Feb. After Lincoln's death in 1865, some sought to make his birthday (Feb. And some schools across the U.S. 12), but not Washington's Birthday (Feb. Are we supposed to be honoring all the presidents that day? And leading up to their birthdays, students in schools often spent time learning about their accomplishments.

America venerates its founding fathers on Presidents' Day, even as it reckons with the fact that many of them enslaved people. NPR's Michel Martin talks to ...

But they also - Washington, certainly, Jefferson and Madison - in particular, those three - they acknowledged that slavery was a contradiction to the ideals that they were fighting for. These notions that Jefferson wrote - that all men are created equal, that we have the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, that governments can only govern with the consent of the governed - these are really fundamentally important ideas that have stood the test of time, in spite of the fact that Jefferson was perhaps the greatest example of this contradiction. A lot of people will say, well, they were men of their time, and slavery was what they grew up with, and that was their world. And at a different point, largely in my conversations with young people around the country talking about the Civil War and talking about presidents and talking about slavery, I thought, I really need to flip the narrative here and look at this from the perspective of the enslaved themselves. It was the result of my concern and questioning about this fundamental contradiction in American history. What was more surprising to me as I became more interested in writing about this as a historian was that so many people still did believe it. DAVIS: I don't think it was disturbing to me so much as the fact that, you know, growing up when I did, the notion that this story of the Washington who cut down the cherry tree and couldn't tell a lie was a complete fabrication wasn't so much a shock to me. "In The Shadow Of Liberty" was written - it came out about six years ago now. And when I was in school as a kid - and I'm talking about the 1960s and even early 1970s - Washington and most of the other presidents, like Jefferson and Andrew Jackson, were still on their pedestals. And when I set out to write "Don't Know Much About History," which came out more than 30 years ago, I was really profoundly interested in answering this question, how did these men, who defend this idea all men are created equal and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness - how did those men say those words and then go home to plantations, businesses, homes completely dependent upon enslaved labor? So as we get ready to celebrate another holiday that lionizes our commanders in chief, we were wondering if there is a better way to get at the truth of presidents who've been the stuff of myth but who were also human beings and the products of their times. It wasn't until the 1970s, when a new generation of scholarship started to come along, that we began to talk about the fact that these marbleized statues, as we knew them, the faces on our money, were slaveholders.

Presidents Day, also known as Washington and Lincoln's birthday, is a federal holiday. Are stores, banks, post offices closed? Are there sales?

But this year marks the 100th anniversary of Coolidge's accession to the presidency — and it is time to look beyond the caricature to the real man.

Coolidge commented once “that compared with some of the older nations, our holidays are few in number.” Nowadays, we mark more events and presidents. [New York Times reported](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcoolidgefoundation.org%2Fresources%2Fspeeches%2F&data=05%7C01%7CCKulat%40TheHill.com%7C9e543efc3895406353bb08db1088276d%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C0%7C0%7C638121949589965820%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=NoPFcw5wvKGt0yneFJdHwEBzraAoQmVUx61xEXnczIQ%3D&reserved=0) in February of 1929. “We suffer most when the White House busts with ideas,” Mencken wrote. But after Coolidge died in 1933, Mencken acknowledged that “30” [“Silent Cal” pioneered](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fblogs.loc.gov%2Fnow-see-hear%2F2016%2F11%2Fsilent-cal-not-so-silent%2F&data=05%7C01%7CCKulat%40TheHill.com%7C9e543efc3895406353bb08db1088276d%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C0%7C0%7C638121949589965820%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=g8DN29sXojXCVLDjyC7QOyOYtILQNrauSre45%2BoPD1U%3D&reserved=0) in what today is remembered as Franklin Roosevelt’s medium: radio. In fact, Coolidge cut the size of government, something no other president has done since. No other modern president has taken a harder line on reining in spending and paying down the federal debt. Coolidge slashed tax rates, dropping the top income tax rate to 25 percent. (One of us, Amity Shlaes, served on C-SPAN’s 2021 survey advisory team.) Coolidge fares even worse in the Siena College Research Institute’s 2022 survey, [ranking 32nd](https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscri.siena.edu%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2022%2F06%2FPDF-Ranking-FINAL-REAL.pdf&data=05%7C01%7CCKulat%40TheHill.com%7C9e543efc3895406353bb08db1088276d%7C9e5488e2e83844f6886cc7608242767e%7C0%7C0%7C638121949589965820%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=MzCRmk8JpImgLhmpfKqBkzzGAHBgurCOFzDtXbk0b4M%3D&reserved=0). On the criterion of intelligence, the Sienna panel ranked Coolidge 31st. The president urged his listeners to look beyond the “idealized” portrait of Washington, the “rather imaginary character” who could not tell a lie. Millions around the world heard the event through the exciting new medium of radio.

As the nation celebrates Presidents Day, a plurality of Americans consider former President Donald Trump both the best and worst of recent leaders.

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Born Feb. 22, 1732, George Washington has long been revered as an important figure in American history. He was the most popular of America's founding fathers ...

Washington was such a popular figure in the new United States of America that he could’ve easily become an American counterpart to the British crown. It was also the only day of celebration in America that honored an individual American. So, Washington began to split his time between Mount Vernon, the nation’s capital in Philadelphia, and a new city that was being built on the Potomac River. John Adams was elected and sworn in as Washington’s successor, and Washington retired to Mount Vernon. In the Summer of 1787, Washington presided over the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia. It was an effort to turn the tide of the war. He said his job was finished, and he was headed home to Mount Vernon. In a tavern nearby, Washington and several of his comrades began to devise a plan to boycott British goods. Three months later, the Second Continental Congress unanimously elected Washington as general and commander of the Continental army. In 1755, the same year Washington was placed in command of the militia, he ran for a seat in the Virginia legislature, but lost. Britain had been successful in the Seven Years’ War, which led France to cede all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi River and in Canada to Britain, and Spain to cede Florida to Britain. Washington was born on the Potomac River in Virginia, the son of a planter.

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Even before the United States won its independence, Americans were celebrating Presidents Day. At Valley Forge in 1778, fifers and drummers played music on ...

Mississippi parents and teachers are engaged, both in the classroom and at the dinner table. I am reminded of that fact every day I walk past paintings and statues of the Founding Fathers in the United States Capitol. Nevertheless, I am confident that the next generation is in good hands. The purpose of our government is to secure Americans’ inalienable rights, including life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. Today, it is the longest-lasting charter of government on the planet. John Adams chose Thomas Jefferson, the youngest delegate to the Second Continental Congress, to explain our guiding philosophy in the Declaration of Independence.

George Washington, the first U.S. president, never did much to mark his own birthday. Americans celebrated anyway. His birthday became a federal holiday, ...

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George Washington's birthday is February 22. A federal holiday was passed into law in the 1870s to celebrate on that day. In the 1960s, things changed. Congress ...

The holiday also celebrates Abraham Lincoln, who was born on February 12. A federal holiday was passed into law in the 1870s to celebrate on that day. While the holiday is still designated as Washington’s birthday in the United States code, Presidents Day is now celebrated on the third Monday in February each year.

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OU students lament not having Presidents' Day off while also learning the history behind it and how the university observes it.

According to the [OU Holiday Calendar](https://www.ohio.edu/sites/default/files/sites/hr/files/Holiday_Memo.pdf), Presidents' Day was observed Dec. "It's kind of like it would be nice to have a day off." [Administrative Policy Manual](https://www.ohio.edu/policy/41-125), Presidents' Day is observed as a holiday but is considered a "floating holiday." Stephen Wallace Dorsey of Arkansas was the first politician to propose the day as an official day of observances. The date became a perennial day of remembrance after his death in 1800, according to Now celebrated on the third Monday in February, Presidents' Day was originally established in 1885 to recognize George Washington's birthday on Feb.

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