Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February.

Lincoln led the nation through the American Civil War, preserved the Union, abolished slavery, bolstered the federal government, and modernized the U.S. economy.

[29] In California,[30] Connecticut, Florida,[14] Illinois,[15] Michigan,[31] New Jersey,[20] and New York[32] Lincoln's Birthday is a separate state holiday celebrated on February 12.

[35] In Georgia, Washington's Birthday is not a state-government paid holiday, although until 2018 it was officially observed on Christmas Eve.

), at his parents' Pope's Creek Estate near Colonial Beach in Westmoreland County, Virginia, now the George Washington Birthplace National Monument.

Consequently, by the 1730s, the Julian calendar used by Britain and the Colonies was eleven days behind the Gregorian, because of leap year differences.

The committee felt that, given its proximity to Lincoln's and Washington's Birthdays, three holidays so close together would be unduly burdensome.

But meanwhile the governors of a majority of the states issued proclamations declaring March 4 Presidents' Day in their respective jurisdictions.

[42] An early draft of the Uniform Monday Holiday Act would have renamed the holiday "Presidents' Day" to honor the birthdays of both Washington and Lincoln, which would explain why the chosen date falls between the two, but this proposal failed in committee, and the bill was voted on and signed into law on June 28, 1968, keeping the name "Washington's Birthday".

[51] Eustis, Florida, holds an annual "GeorgeFest" celebration that began in 1902,[52] and in Denver, Colorado, there is a society dedicated to observing the day.

[55] Since 1862 there has been a tradition in the United States Senate that George Washington's Farewell Address be read on his birthday.

[56] The holiday is well-known for coinciding with deep sales discounts for big ticket items such as appliances, furniture, and especially mattresses.

[59] In recent years, as the use of attributive nouns (nouns acting as modifiers) has become more widespread, the form "Presidents Day" has become more common (celebrating Presidents Washington through Trump collectively);[60] the Associated Press Stylebook, most newspapers and some magazines use this form.