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What year did Congress pass the federal holiday of Presidents' Day?
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∙ 13y ago
Congress never did. They tried back in 1968, but it was never passed. The holiday most people call Presidents' Day is actually Washington's Birthday.
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 12y agoCongress declared Washington's Birthday to be a federal holiday in 1880. The term 'Presidents' Day' did not become synonymous with Washington's Birthday until the 1980's.
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∙ 14y agoIt was implemented in 1880 as a federal holiday for Washington D.C. But then in 1885, it was expanded to all federal offices.
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∙ 13y agoIt never was. There was an attempt to do so in 1968, but that failed. To this day the actual federal holiday is Washington's Birthday and there is no federal holiday called Presidents' Day.
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