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*** Presidents' Day *** the 3rd Monday of February every year

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Presidents' Day is a federal holiday celebrated in the USA on the third Monday in February every year. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington's birthday, the holiday became popularly known as Presidents' Day after it was moved as part of 1971's Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation's workers. While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln, and other figures, Presidents' Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all US presidents, past and present.

History of Presidents' Day

The story of Presidents' Day date begins in 1800. Following the death of George Washington in 1799, his February 22 birthday became a perennial day of remembrance.

At the time, Washington was venerated as the most important figure in American history, and events like the 1832 centennial of his birth and the start of construction of the Washington Monument in 1848 were cause for national celebration.

While Washington's Birthday was an unofficial observance for most of the 1800s, it was not until the late 1870s that it became a federal holiday. Senator Stephen Wallace Dorsey of Arkansas was the first to propose the measure, and in 1879 President Rutherford B Hayes signed it into law.

The holiday initially only applied to the District of Columbia, but in 1885 it was expanded to the whole country. At the time, Washington's Birthday joined four other nationally recognized federal bank holidays - Christmas Day, New Year's Day, the Fourth of July, and Thanksgiving - and was the first to celebrate the life of an individual American. Martin Luther King Jr Day, signed into law in 1983, was the second.

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Date: Monday, February 19th, 2024

Note: This is an All Day Event

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