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Thursday, February 16, 2017

President’s Day 

Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday of every February. It was originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal government. It became known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved, from February 22nd his actual birthday, as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which was the government's way of making more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. Presidents day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U. S. presidents. There are many ways you can celebrate President’s day one being going to a national forest. Another way we can celebrate is by eating foods from their times like fish, macaroons, and fruit pies.