The federal holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday to honor George, the first president, and 34 states use his name in ...
A partisan fight over whether Washington's flag truly represents the state in the best way it could is brewing in Olympia, ...
The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington's Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others strikingly unusual.
House Bill 1938, if approved, would establish a committee to oversee the process of designing and adopting a new state flag.
State and local offices observe both Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day on Monday. The following state, federal and local government offices' schedules may be affected by holiday ...
Democrats sponsoring the bill to remove Washington’s image from the state flag say he has “limited historical connection to ...
George Washington was born in the Colony of Virginia on Feb. 22, 1732, and, within his lifetime, his birthday had become a ...
Presidents Day is Monday, Feb. 17, 2025. The name Presidents Day became the unofficial name with the changing the date of the holiday, according to the National Archives. With the holiday moved to the ...