Washington’s Birthday (Presidents’ Day)
Mon, Feb 17
|All Day
Honors the birthday of George Washington, the first U.S. President. Presidents' Day is celebrated every year on the third Monday of February — February 17 this year. All the presidents in American history are remembered and honored for their exemplary work in making America the great country.
Time & Location
Feb 17, 2025, 12:00 AM
All Day
About the event
Presidents' Day is celebrated every year on the third Monday of February — February 17 this year. All the presidents in American history are remembered and honored for their exemplary work in making America the great country it is today.
Washington’s Birthday didn’t officially become Presidents’ Day until the late 1960s. Senator Robert McClory of Illinois concocted a plan that moved key bank holidays to Mondays to increase the number of three-day weekends for workers in what’s known as the Uniform Monday’s Act. The hope was that it would increase productivity and decrease employee absenteeism. Unsurprisingly, the labor union agreed with this idea and so did the private sector.
In 1971, Richard M. Nixon made the executive order to pass the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which shifted Washington’s Birthday, Columbus Day, Memorial Day, and Veterans’ Day to Monday. With the date landing in the middle of Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthday,…