President's Day

What is presidents day?

Presidents day is is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Presidents day started of as a day to honor first president George Washington. The holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act. It was an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. Even though it started as only honoring the first president, now it is used to honor every president. Washington's birthday (presidents day) originally became a federal holiday in the 1870’s. This holiday initially only applied to the District of Columbia, but in 1885 it was expanded to the whole country.  

When is it?

This year (2017) it is on Monday February 20th.

What are several ways to show honor and respect on Presidents Day?

• Discover what presidents day means
• Write a letter to the president
• Do some presidents day puzzles
• Put on a presidents day play
• Make presidents day crafts
• Put up American Flag
• Clean coins
• Memorize the presidents
• Pledge of Allegiance

How can you show honor and respect on Presidents Day?

I can show honor and respect by:

• Learning about a president of my choice
• Learning the meaning behind it
• Doing some research
• Putting up american flag

Other facts:

• Expanded rapidly
• Presidents day is/was traditionally celebrated on the 22nd of February
• Never falls on a specific president's birthday
• Changed over the decades