Are you ready for another trip to the past? Fasten your
seatbelts because in honor of President’s Day, we are going to see how this day
came to be.
As you may all know, George Washington was the first
President of the United States. Originally on February 22, 2014, Presidents Day
was created in honor of celebrating George Washington’s Birthday. The federal
holiday was originally created by an Act of Congress in 1879 in honor of George
Washington. On January 1, 1971, the Uniform Monday Holiday Act changed the day
to the third Monday in February. The thing is that President’s Day doesn’t ever
fall on Washington’s Birthday. The holiday falls anywhere between February 15
and 21, never occurring on the 22. In 1968, Washington’s Birthday was renamed
to President’s Day in order to honor both President Washington and President
Lincoln.
Interesting fact; President’s Day is called something different in
each state. Look below to see what some of the different names are:
- President's Day in Alaska, Idaho, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Ohio, Tennessee, Washington, West Virginia, and Wyoming
- Presidents' Day in Hawaii, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Texas, and Vermont
- Presidents Day in Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, and Oregon
- Washington's Birthday/President's Day in Maine
- Lincoln/Washington/Presidents' Day in Arizona
- Lincoln's and Washington's Birthday in Montana
- Washington and Lincoln Day in Utah
- Washington–Lincoln Day in Colorado
- Recognition of the birthday of George Washington in North Dakota
- George Washington Day in Virginia
- George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day in Arkansas
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