(AP) - Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about ... observe Lincoln’s birthday as a public holiday, according to the Library of Congress. And some commemorate both ...

The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington’s Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial ... Modern presidents have observed the holiday in a variety of ways, by relaxing ...

Neither Congress nor the president have ever stipulated that the name of the holiday observed as Washington's Birthday be changed to Presidents' Day, according to the National Archives.

It's officially Washington's Birthday, honoring the first president and the original American yardstick for measuring greatness. The holiday hasn't been celebrated on Washington's actual birthday ...

President Woodrow Wilson and President Calvin Coolidge each issued presidential proclamations asking for June 14 to be ...

It's officially Washington's Birthday, honoring the first president and the original American yardstick for measuring greatness. The holiday hasn't been celebrated on Washington's actual birthday of ...

sort of Portraits of President George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Washington's Birthday became a legal holiday Jan. 31, 1879, when Congress added Feb. 22 to the list of holidays to be observed ...