The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington's Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others strikingly unusual.

Washington’s birthday was celebrated by his peers in government when he was president — mostly. Congress voted during his first two terms to take a short commemorative break each year, ...

The shift from Washington’s Birthday to Presidents' Day began in the late 1960s, when Congress proposed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.

WASHINGTON's Birthday will be duly observed in Jersey City to-day by the closing of the public offices, banks and public schools. In the evening, Rev. A.A. WILLITS will deliver his lecture, ...

Washington’s Mount Vernon estate in Virginia wants to return to a federal holiday on his birthday. Its website says Washington’s character and accomplishments shouldn’t be “muddled” by a ...

The federal holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday to honor George, the first president, and 34 states use his name in some way. Credit: (AP Photo/John Hanna) A historical exhibit at the Kansas ...