Make George Washington's Favorite Food for Independence Day originally appeared on Parade. George Washington was president ...

As a young officer in the French and Indian War, Washington was involved in a devastating friendly fire incident. Military ...

By BEN FINLEY (ASSOCIATED PRESS) NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of … ...

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The birthdays of George Washington (on the far left) and Abraham Lincoln (on the far right) are celebrated on Presidents Day. Mount Rushmore in Keystone, South Dakota, pictured on July 3, 2020.

Legislators passed the Monday Holidays Act in 1968. The act moved every federal holiday to Mondays to give Americans a three day weekend. This is when George Washignton’s birthday moved.

James Flexner, George Washington's greatest biographer, called him the "indispensable man" of the American Founding. Without Washington, America would never have won our War of Independence.

Presidents Day shopping, it turns out then, really does honor Washington. If you're heading to the mall or clicking around online, remember your first president and make your purchases fashionable.

America’s first president George Washington stood in front of the assembled Congress in New York City with the first State of the Union address on this day in history, Jan. 8, 1780.

In January 1879, George Washington's Birthday became the fifth federal holiday created by Congress, giving federal workers in the District of Columbia a paid day off, according to a Congressional ...

Presidents Day 2024, the next federal holiday on the calendar, will be observed this year on Monday, Feb. 19. The federal government, however, officially calls the holiday Washington’s Birthday ...