Presidents Day 2025 is on Monday, February 17, 2025: what is usa presidents day?

Monday, February 17, 2025 is Presidents Day 2025. Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States.

Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States.

Presidents Day may refer to:

Presidents Day is the common name for the federal holiday (US of course) officially designated as Washington's Birthday. In the late 1980s, the term Presidents Day came about to expand the focus of the holiday to honor another February President, Abraham Lincoln, and often other Presidents of the United States as well. It is celebrated on the third Monday of February.

In many American schools, the days leading up to the holiday often use Presidents Day to educate students on the history of the Presidents of the United States, especially Washington and Lincoln.

To be very frank about it, it's just a federal holiday which doesn't include anything that would be considered a "celebration" and is generally just looked forward to as another paid day off of work.

Do you celebrate President's Day?

Presidents' Day falls on the third Monday of February, which is in spring.

Washington's Birthday is the official name designated to what many of us know as President's Day. During the month of February the birthday of two of our greatest President's takes place. Both George Washington who was born on Feb. 22nd and Abraham lincoln born on Feb. 12th. Washington's birthday has been publicly celebrated since he was in office, before Abraham Lincoln was even born. Much of the debate over the name of the holiday springs from the fact that state's can follow their own holidays how they see fit and many of them chose to also honor Lincoln, calling the celebration President's Day. It was in 1968 that the term President's Day came up for legal consideration in the Congress but was shot down, though the holiday was moved to fall between the two President's birthdays. Again in the 1980's there was a resurgence of the term with advertisers which solidfied the holiday name in American culture.

What exactly does President's Day actually celebrate?

Presidents Day - February 16th

Washington's Birthday is the official name designated to what many of us know as President's Day. During the month of February the birthday of two of our greatest President's takes place. Both George Washington who was born on Feb. 22nd and Abraham Lincoln born on Feb. 12th.

However, Washington's birthday has been publicly celebrated since he was in office, before Abraham Lincoln was even born. Much of the debate over the name of the holiday springs from the fact that state's can follow their own holidays how they see fit and many of them chose to also honor Lincoln, calling the celebration President's Day.

It was in 1968 that the term President's Day came up for legal consideration in the Congress but was shot down, though the holiday was moved to fall between the two President's birthdays. Again in the 1980's there was a resurgence of the term with advertisers which solidfied the holiday name in American culture. Today, few Americans perfer to call the holiday Washington's Birthday in lieu of President's Day.