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Having originally been designated to celebrate President Washington’s birthday, it was first celebrated in 1792 on his actual birthday, February 22.\u00a0 It was the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen and while it’s still called Washington’s birthday, it has since evolved to be a celebration of Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays commonly known as “Presidents’ Day”.\u00a0 Today it also honors all American presidents.<\/p>\n
No longer celebrated on Washington’s birthday, the modern day Presidents’ Day is celebrated on the 3rd Monday in February.<\/p>\n
Presidents’ Day is on the following days:<\/p>\n
February 21, 2011<\/p>\n
February 20, 2012<\/p>\n
February 18, 2013<\/p>\n
February 17, 2014<\/p>\n
February 16, 2015<\/p>\n
February 15, 2016<\/p>\n
February 20, 2017<\/p>\n
February 19, 2018<\/p>\n
February 18, 2019<\/p>\n
February 17, 2020<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"