February 22nd marked the 293rd anniversary of George Washington's birth. It seems that few Americans, however, really know ...

George Washington Was Born: Memory, Material Culture, and the Public History of a National Monument.” It wasn’t until 1832, the centennial of his birth, that Congress established a committee ...

Though rarely honored these days exactly on Feb. 22, his actual birth date, “Presidents Day” is officially still Washington’s birthday. And that’s entirely right and proper, as every ...

Above all, Washington was a farmer. On his Mount Vernon estate, in northern Virginia, he grew tobacco and wheat and operated a gristmill. After his second term as president, he built a profitable ...

Officially known as Washington's Birthday, the first federal holiday of the year was originally meant to honor the country's first president, George Washington. According to the then-used Julian ...

President's Day started in the 1880s when Americans first began celebrating the birth of President George Washington as a federal holiday, according to Encyclopedia Britannica. Washington ...