Spin Control: House panel considers renaming Presidents Day holiday
The calendar says Monday is Presidents Day, which is a national holiday. But if an Eastern Washington lawmaker has his way, ...
How Presidents Day has evolved from reverence to retail
The meaning of Presidents Day has changed dramatically, from being mostly unremarkable and filled with work for Washington in the 1700s to the bonanza of consumerism it has become today. For some ...
Presidents' Day A Federal Holiday: How Washington's Birthday Commemoration Turned from Reverence to Retail
Norfolk: Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king.And yet the United States ...
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Honoring Washington grows into recognizing all presidents
The U.S. has had 46 presidents during its nearly 250-year history, and Monday is a day to commemorate them with Presidents Day. According to History.com, Presidents Day originally honored only the ...