Monday, Feb. 17 is Presidents Day, a federal holiday to observe ... was the first federal holiday to honor an individual's birth date. Washington's birthday, Feb. 22, was designated by Congress ...

The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday ... President Kennedy signed an executive order establishing the Peace Corps on March 1, 1961.

February is a month filled with several days of celebration for various reasons, such as Valentine’s Day, Black History Month, and Presidents ... an individual's birth date.

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U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents.

As Americans gear up to celebrate Presidents’ Day on Monday, Feb. 17, they will be participating in a tradition that has lasted nearly 150 years. Presidents’ Day traces its roots to an ...

but States Honor US Presidents in Lots of Ways TOPEKA ... federal holiday for Washington started in 1879, but the current date was fixed by law as of 1971. States, of course, have been left ...

According to Steven M. Gillon, JFK might as well have been speaking for the seven American presidents, from Dwight Eisenhower to the first George Bush, for whom the conflict was, in Mr. Gillon’s ...

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Is Presidents Day the most confusing holiday in the U.S.? States seem to have as many names for it and ideas about whom to honor as there have been presidents. The federal ...

Florida is among the many states that celebrate the holiday as Presidents' Day. Don't expect mail delivery, and most banks and the stock market will be closed Feb. 17. The next federal holiday is ...