Washington's Birthday
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February 22, formerly observed as a legal holiday in most states of the U.S. in honor of the birth of George Washington.
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Presidents Day isn’t even officially called Presidents Day: It is designated by U.S. law as Washington’s Birthday and was created in 1885 to honor President George Washington.
From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026
It originally marked the birthday of our first president, George Washington, and is still designated as Washington’s Birthday on the federal and New York Stock Exchange calendars.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 13, 2026
In interviews, people in Laredo remembered him bringing Azerbaijani officials as his guests to events such as the city’s celebration of George Washington’s Birthday and that his office often had central Asian candies on hand.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
By the late 1960s, Washington’s Birthday was one of nine federal holidays that fell on specific dates on different days of the week, according to a 2004 article in the National Archives’ Prologue magazine.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 17, 2024
Washington’s Birthday was not celebrated other than with an abundance of little hatchets of all designs and colors.
From Miss Ashton's New Pupil A School Girl's Story by Robbins, Mrs. S. S.
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