New Jersey Sample Letter for Presidents' Day
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The day is a federal holiday, meaning things like federal government offices and most state ones will be closed.
The road to what the majority of the public in the United States now recognizes as Presidents' Day is a long and confusing one. After Washington died in 1799, his birthday was informally celebrated across the country. It wasn't until January 31, 1879, that Washington's birthday became a federally recognized holiday.
The origin of Presidents' Day lies in the 1880s, when the birthday of Washingtoncommander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution and the first president of the United Stateswas first celebrated as a federal holiday.
Washington's Birthday is a U.S. federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first president of the United States. Increasingly, the holiday has become an occasion to celebrate the birthdays of both President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln.
While the name may not be officially changed, Presidents' Day is extremely common and a completely acceptable way to refer to the holiday, and to many state governments, the holiday is officially known as Presidents' Day.
Presidents' Day, in the plural possessive, is the form recommended by The Chicago Manual of Style, so in our publications, we would generally use this spelling, which indicates a holiday celebrating Washington and at least one other president (Holidays).
While Washington's Birthday was an unofficial observance for most of the 1800s, it was not until the late 1870s that it became a federal holiday. Senator Stephen Wallace Dorsey of Arkansas was the first to propose the measure, and in 1879 President Rutherford B. Hayes signed it into law.
Presidents' Day is a slight but important variation. With the apostrophe after the plural base "presidents," this suggests the day belongs to all of the presidents individually: It is George Washington's Day and Andrew Jackson's Day and Barack Obama's Day.
Presidents' Day, in the plural possessive, is the form recommended by The Chicago Manual of Style, so in our publications, we would generally use this spelling, which indicates a holiday celebrating Washington and at least one other president (Holidays).
It's the 3rd Monday of February, which means it's Presidents Day. The holiday honors the 45 people who have ever been President. George Washington died in 1799 and his birthday, February 22nd became a day of remembrance. By 1885, the whole country celebrated it as a federal holiday.
