A History of Presidents’ Day
The third Monday of February is known as Presidents’ Day in the United States. For nearly 100 years, America honored its first president, George Washington, on February 22. That was his birthday. But the date was not a national holiday until 1968. Abraham Lincoln 1857 by Alexander Hessler That year, the U.S. Congress passed a measure…
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