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Washington's Birthday (view source)
Revision as of 23:45, February 16, 2009
, 23:45, February 16, 2009Holiday is always between Washington & Lincoln's birthdays, but never on either one.
'''Washington's Birthday''', or now more commonly called "President's Day", is a federal holiday in the [[United States of America]]. It was originally celebrated on his actual birthday which is February 22. In 1968 the [[Congress|United States Congress]] passed the [[Monday Holidays Act]] which changed the official observance of Washington's Birthday to the third Monday in February. Some political leaders wanted to change the official name of the holiday to President's Day to honor both [[Abraham Lincoln]] (whose birthday is February 12) and Washington but that proposal was turned down by Congress. State governments are not bound to have a state observance of that day, but all fifty states and the [[District of Columbia]] do. 29 states and the District of Columbia officially call the day George Washington's Birthday<ref>http://law.jrank.org/pages/11821/Legal-Holidays.html</ref>. [[Georgia]] and [[Iowa]] are among those states, but they do not have a day off for state employees that day. 13 states officially call the day "President's Day". 5 states officially call the day "[[Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday]]". [[Alabama]] officially calls the day "[[Washington's and Jefferson's Birthday]]". In [[Arkansas]], the day is officially "[[Washington's birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day]]". In [[Colorado]], the day is officially "[[Washington-Lincoln]]" Day.
'''Washington's Birthday''', or now more commonly called "President's Day", is a federal holiday in the [[United States of America]]. It was originally celebrated on his actual birthday which is February 22. In 1968 the [[Congress|United States Congress]] passed the [[Monday Holidays Act]] which changed the official observance of Washington's Birthday to the third Monday in February.
The holiday can only occur between Feb. 15 and Feb. 21, which means that it is always after Lincoln's birthday and before Washington's birthday. <ref>''Presidents' Day or Washington's Birthday?'', by Ann Marie Imbornoni[http://www.infoplease.com/spot/washington1.html]</ref>
Some political leaders wanted to change the official name of the holiday to President's Day to honor both [[Abraham Lincoln]] (whose birthday is February 12) and Washington but that proposal was turned down by Congress.
State governments are not bound to have a state observance of that day, but all fifty states and the [[District of Columbia]] do. 29 states and the District of Columbia officially call the day George Washington's Birthday<ref>http://law.jrank.org/pages/11821/Legal-Holidays.html</ref>. [[Georgia]] and [[Iowa]] are among those states, but they do not have a day off for state employees that day. 13 states officially call the day "President's Day". 5 states officially call the day "[[Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday]]". [[Alabama]] officially calls the day "[[Washington's and Jefferson's Birthday]]". In [[Arkansas]], the day is officially "[[Washington's birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day]]". In [[Colorado]], the day is officially "[[Washington-Lincoln]]" Day.
===Early History===
===Early History===