No School February 18, 2019

Presidents Day is a United States holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February.  Presidents Day was initially established in 1885 to honor President George Washington but became known as Presidents Day after the 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers.

While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents, past and present.