On Tuesday, the official Facebook page for the Nimitz-class carrier USS George Washington shared a holiday gag post reporting that the service “issued orders today to Adm. S. Claus, recalling ...

The shift from Washington’s Birthday to Presidents' Day began in the late 1960s, when Congress proposed the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.

Alexandria's George Washington Birthday Parade is on the same day as the 250th anniversary of the American Revolutionary War.

Officially known as Washington's Birthday, the first federal holiday of the year was originally meant to honor the country's first president, George Washington. According to the then-used Julian ...

So while the federal government calls it Washington's Birthday, in many states, including Florida, it's recognized as Presidents' Day. George Washington has two birthdays, sort of Washington's ...