Historian Alexis Coe, author of “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George of Washington,” said she thinks about Presidents Day in much the same way as the towering monument in D.C. that ...

Here's what you need to know about Presidents Day 2025. The holiday was originally intended to celebrate the birthday of the first President George Washington on Feb. 22, according to the Library ...

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 ...

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

Presidents Day, originally established in 1885 to honor George Washington, has evolved into a day recognizing all US presidents. Celebrated on the third Monday of February, the holiday also marks a ...

Our popular culture and even the law in some states now refer to the holiday as “Presidents Day.” That habit started by effectively combining the mid-February birthdays of George Washington ...

On April 26, 1777, during the Revolutionary War, a large British raiding party attacked the American supply depot at Danbury, Connecticut, burning houses and barns and destroying stores of shoes, ...

In 1796, George Washington struck six pointed sentences ... Now that we’ve unearthed these lines, we can’t unsee them. This Presidents Day, Washington’s cuts serve as a clarion call ...

George Washington girls basketball coach Jamie Lamaster made a strong push for his sophomore guard as a candidate for Class ...