The federal holiday is officially called “Washington’s Birthday'
date of birth — up until 1968, when Congress passed a law to celebrate the first president on the third Monday in February instead.to create more three-day weekends to spur “the spiritual and economic life of the nation,” Congress noted, even though that meant the holiday could technically no longer be commemorated on Washington’s actual birthday.
Some individual states, however, have changed the name of the holiday as it affects state employees, choosing to call it the more general name in order to honor Washington’s fellow February baby, Abraham Lincoln.
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