I went to a very swish Cheltenham Preview Night in the Bleeding Heart Restaurant, a stone’s throw, as they used to say, from ...

Lincoln's Birthday, February 12, was never a federal holiday, but nearly half the state governments have officially renamed their observances "Presidents' Day", "Washington and Lincoln Day", or ...

President George Washington, whose birthday Presidents Day celebrates, named the ship after the document that defines our nation. The USS Constitution, nicknamed Old Ironsides, played a vital ...

Presidents Day has arrived, as we celebrate George Washington's birthday as a federal holiday. But what does that mean for the stock market on Monday? Here's what will be open or closed on ...

Presidents' Day occurs on the third Monday of every February, and celebrates all U.S. presidents, though it originally celebrated George Washington's birthday, which was on Feb. 22. MSNBC host Ali ...

The holiday later came to honor Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is February 12. The transition to a more universal "Presidents Day" was gradual, and in 1885, Congress made February 22 a federal ...

The federal government doesn’t even recognize Monday as Presidents Day. It’s officially Washington’s Birthday, honoring the first president and the original American yardstick for measuring ...

U.S. states seem to mark Presidents Day with as many different names and honors as there have been presidents The federal holiday is officially Washington's Birthday to honor George, the first ...

That’s because it’s Presidents Day, officially named Washington’s Birthday in honor of America’s first president, George Washington (his actual birthday is Feb. 22).The federal holiday has ...

Today's is Presidents' Day, bringing with it a mixed bag of closures. Federal and Florida state offices will be closed, along with banks and the stock market. Neither Congress nor the president ...

The 1880s (Washington's Birthday), renamed informally as Presidents Day in the late 20th century Although many essential services remain operational, government functions largely pause for the day.