Columbus City Schools told families that there will be no classes for all schools on Monday. Staff will also not be in ...

Thousands of spectators will gather in Old Town Alexandria for the nation’s oldest and largest George Washington Birthday Parade. This year’s theme, George Washington: America’s Commander-in ...

On the eve of his 293rd birthday, George Washington got his Springfield party Friday afternoon, as members of the Daughters of the American Revolution and Mayor Domenic J. Sarno gathered at the foot ...

Several gathered on Saturday, February 15, 2025, to mark the moment when an important American Flag was donated to American ...

As KPQ previously reported, certain Democrats in Olympia are zealously pushing a bill to remove Washington's likeness from the state flag. Meanwhile GOP Rep. Hunter Abell has sponsored a bill that ...

In print, online and on the radio, he parlayed a savant’s mastery of his city’s restaurant menus and a love of the spotlight ...

The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington's Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others strikingly unusual.

The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington’s Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others strikingly unusual. In the early 19th century, for instance, a formal ...

The federal holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday to honor George, the first president, and 34 states use his name in ...

Neither Congress nor the president have ever stipulated that the name of the holiday observed as Washington's Birthday be changed to Presidents' Day, according to the National Archives.