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The History of Presidents' Day

Feb 18, 2020
The

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of Presidents' Day began in 1880 after the death of President George Washington in 1799. His birthday on February 22 became an annual day of remembrance in the United States at a time when George Washington was considered the most important in American

history

. This is before I showed up. Over the years, President Abraham Lincoln's February 12 birthday was also celebrated in many states. He began combining the two presidential birthdays into one February holiday. The official shift to a National Presidents' Day began in the late 1960s, when the U.S. Congress proposed the measure known as Uniform Monday. Holiday Act: This law included a provision to combine Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday into a three-day weekend.
the history of presidents day
In 1971, the Washington and Lincoln celebrations finally became a national holiday on the third Monday in February each year, while Washington and Lincoln remained the two most recognized American leaders. Presidents' Day was also expanded to recognize all the

presidents

of the US Now here's an interesting nugget of history for you, although the date of Presidents Day floats around each year, it never coincides with the actual birthday of any American president George Washington William Henry Harrison Abraham Lincoln and Ronald Reagans were born in February, but their birthdays come too early or too late to coincide with those of the

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