President’s Day is a celebration of both George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s Birthdays. Until 1971, both February 12 and February 22 were observed as federal holidays to honor the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12) and George Washington (Feb. 22).
In 1971 President Richard Nixon proclaimed one single federal holiday, the Presidents’ Day, to be observed on the third Monday of February, honoring all past presidents of the United States of America.
Find out more about President’s Day here and have fun doing a few different activities celebrating President’s Day!
Happy Birthday to our Presidents of the past and present. Thank you for serving our country in both easy times and difficult times. Although the things you do are often unappreciated, we thank you for all that you do.
There is a movie called Holiday Inn with Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire that has musical numbers to each presidents birthday. It was really neat to see that they used to be observed separately. I am not sure which I like better. I guess it is good to give honor to all presidents in thanks for their service. Food for thought.
Oh, and thank you for the info about the Earth’s Best recall. My sister sometimes feeds it to her baby.
I remember watching that movie, but I don’t remember that much about it. I may need to rent it.