Here's what you need to know about Presidents Day 2025. The holiday was originally intended to celebrate the birthday of the first President George Washington on Feb. 22, according to the Library ...

As Alexis Coe, a presidential historian and Washington biographer, put it, “He would be more apt to chronicle the weather on his birthday than any present he received — unless it was a mule.” ...

Presidents Day began as an unofficial holiday to celebrate George Washington after his death in 1799. Americans would celebrate their first president on his birthday, Feb. 22. The tradition grew ...

President George Washington was inaugurated as the first ... and received on the 14th day of the present month." Robert Livingston, who was the chancellor of the State of New York, administered ...

As we celebrate Presidents Day on Monday and this weekend ... to be with some sign of respect to those that are present." — George Washington "Everybody should shout those words," Shirley ...

George Washington was the first president of the United States. He has long been referred to as “the father of our country.” Yet as we celebrate Presidents Day, we struggle to remember who he ...

Editor’s note: The attorney general’s office sent this guest opinion column to both The Washington Examiner and The Tennessean for publication. Presidents Day once was, and should be ...

Presidents Day once was, and should be ... Thus every year we are reminded that George Washington participated in and profited from chattel slavery. Slavery was unquestionably a stain on our ...