So while the federal government calls it Washington's Birthday, in many states, including Florida, it's recognized as ...

nor did it broaden the holiday to celebrate Lincoln, who was born on Feb. 12, 1809, and whose birthday is not a federally recognized holiday. Image There has been some resistance in the South to ...

The holiday has been recognized in each state since 2000 ... It originally designated three federal holidays, Memorial Day, Veterans Day, and former President George Washington’s birthday ...

There are five days in 2025 when flags are scheduled to be flown at half-staff. It's half-mast if you're on a ship.

What is interesting about this pair of days is that Inauguration Day isn’t a federally recognized holiday (only government employees in Washington, D.C., usually have the day off work for ...

Inauguration Day is not one of the 11 federal holidays typically recognized by employers. Inauguration Day is typically a holiday for federal employees in the Washington, D.C., area and certain ...

ATLANTA — The MLK Day holiday is marked annually as a day of service and remembrance of the struggle for justice, equality and the Beloved Community that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. made his life ...

Both are recognized as federal holidays, but since they land on the same day, there will still only be 11 paid days off for federal workers. Because there are two federal holidays Monday ...

"While his birthday is still recognized to this day ... Commemorations of Washington's birthday took place throughout the 19th Century, but the federal holiday didn't come until late in the century.