250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further made Columbus Day a federal holiday, also permanently on a Monday.

Veterans Day was moved from November 11 to the fourth Monday in October, but in 1978 it was returned to November 11, the actual date of the end of World War I and celebrated in several European countries as Armistice Day.

[1] The Act was designed to increase the number of long weekends for federal employees, a favorite goal of the travel industry.

[2] Veterans Day was removed from this list of "always-on-Monday" holidays when it was moved back to its traditional date of November 11, by act of Congress in 1975,[3] effective 1978.

[1][2] As of 1998,[update] a dozen U.S. states officially refer to the holiday as "Presidents' Day.