It's Presidents Day, the holiday that started in honor of George Washington -- the president with an enormous birthday candle on the Mall. But do we revere the father of our country too much? It was a ...

The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington's Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others strikingly unusual.

His address to Congress showed that Republicans will follow their leader anywhere, and that Democrats don’t have one ...

Congresswoman Claudia Tenney’s bold proposal to merge Trump’s birthday with Flag Day has everyone talking. But what does this ...

Our popular culture and even the law in some states now refer to the holiday as “Presidents Day.” That habit started by effectively combining the mid-February birthdays of George Washington ...

America is marking Presidents ... George Washington was born on February 22, 1732 (N.S.). His Birthday was celebrated on this date from 1879 until 1970. To give federal employees a three-day ...

Though rarely honored these days exactly on Feb. 22, his actual birth date, “Presidents Day” is officially still Washington’s birthday. And that’s entirely right and proper, as every ...

A letter written by George Washington in 1777 that is valued at $150,000 is up for sale this Presidents Day. The letter, acquired by the Raab Collection, was written during the Revolutionary War ...

Historian Alexis Coe, author of “You Never Forget Your First: A Biography of George Washington,” has said she thinks about Presidents Day in much the same way as the towering monument in D.C ...

Presidents Day stands as one of America’s most significant federal holidays, evolving from a singular celebration of George ... modern date recognition. The adjustment affected not only ...

In 1796, George ... Washington’s deep understanding of the fragile nature of democratic institutions and the ever-present threats of demagoguery and partisan strife. This Presidents Day, these ...