Washington's Birthday Facts for Kids

Presidents' Day, is a United States Federal holiday to celebrate the birth of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, who are widely considered the greatest Presidents of the United States. The holiday is held on the third Monday in February.

U.S. federal holidays
New Year's Day \| Martin Luther King, Jr. Day \| Presidents' Day \| Memorial Day \| Independence Day Labor Day \| Columbus Day \| Veterans Day \| Thanksgiving Day \| Christmas Day

Holidays, observances, and celebrations in the United States

Days	Arbor Day • Ash Wednesday • Carl Garner Federal Lands Cleanup Day • César Chávez Day • Child Health Day • Christmas Eve • Christmas Day • Cinco de Mayo • Columbus Day • Confederate Memorial Day • Constitution Day • Courir de Mardi Gras • Earth Day • Easter Monday • Easter Sunday • Emancipation Day • Father's day • Festivus • Flag Day • Four Chaplains Day • Free Comic Book Day • Gold Star Mothers Day • Good Friday • Groundhog Day • Halloween • Independence Day • Jefferson's Birthday • Juneteenth • Labor Day • Lee–Jackson Day • Leif Erikson Day • Lincoln's Birthday • Lyndon Baines Johnson Day • Mardi Gras • Martin Luther King, Jr. Day • May Day (Law Day / Loyalty Day) • Memorial Day • Mother's Day • National Aviation Day • National Day of Prayer • National Defense Transportation Day • National Freedom Day • National Grandparents Day • National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day • National Maritime Day • Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day • New Year's Day • New Year's Eve • Palm Sunday • Pan American Aviation Day • Parents' Day • Patriot Day • Patriots' Day • Peace Officers Memorial Day • Ronald Reagan Day • Robert E. Lee Day • Rosh Hashanah • Saint Joseph's Day • Saint Patrick's Day • Stephen Foster Memorial Day • Susan B. Anthony Day • Thanksgiving • Truman Day • Valentine's Day • Veterans Day • Walpurgis Night • Washington's Birthday (Presidents Day) • White Cane Safety Day • Women's Equality Day • Wright Brothers Day • Yom Kippur

Weeks (or multiple weeks)	Chinese New Year • Constitution Week • Days of Remembrance of the Victims of the Holocaust • Hanukkah • Honor America Days • Kwanzaa • National Flag Week • National Forest Products Week • National Friendship Week • National Poison Prevention Week • National Safe Boating Week • National School Lunch Week • National Transportation Week • Passover • Police Week • Save Your Vision Week

Months	American Heart Month • Asian Pacific American Heritage Month • Black History Month • Cancer Control Month • Child Abuse Prevention Month • Confederate History Month • Gay and Lesbian Pride Month • Jewish American Heritage Month • National Breast Cancer Awareness Month • National Disability Employment Awareness Month • National Hispanic Heritage Month • National Nutrition Month • Ramadan • Steelmark Month • Women's History Month

Images for kids

Procession of events for the centennial celebration of Washington's birth day, Philadelphia, February 1832
Washington's Birthday—Fifth Avenue at 23rd Street, by Childe Hassam, 1916
Flag and bunting mark Washington's Birthday in Toronto, Ontario.

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