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Presidents Day: How Washington's birthday became a business bonanza
It's a day many Americans enjoy off from work and cash in on sales. The big picture: The way the holiday is celebrated has ...
Watch Rachel Dratch, dressed as George Washington, surprise Drew Barrymore on their birthday
Dratch and Barrymore, who share the same birthday, have a history of reuniting on "The Drew Barrymore Show" to celebrate ...
‘Finding George’: Celebrating Washington at his very feet
On the eve of his 293rd birthday, George Washington got his Springfield party Friday afternoon, as members of the Daughters ...
Presidents Day is federally recognized as Washington's Birthday. Here's why the name differs depending on your state
The federal holiday is officially Washington’s Birthday to honor George, the first president, and 34 states use his name in ...
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Why is Washington's birthday a holiday? How Presidents Day came to be. | Opinion
The origins of Presidents Day lie in salutes to George Washington’s Feb. 22 birthday, some highly ceremonial and others strikingly unusual. In the early 19th century, for instance, a formal ...
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George Washington Birthday Ball to feature 18th-, 19th-century dances
Dancers in period attire take to the floor at the annual George Washington Birthday Ball, hosted by the Washington Vintage ...
Presidential historian calls for end to ‘silly’ Presidents’ Day, compares it to celebrating a king’s birthday
Presidents’ Day occurs on the third Monday of every February, and celebrates all US presidents, though it originally ...
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Washington’s Birthday celebrations were useful to both sides in Civil War, and huge in Cambridge
Washington’s Birthday has been largely forgotten as a distinct celebration, but its commemoration in Civil War-era Cambridge ...
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Save the date: George Washington Birthday Ball in SW Arkansas
SHREVEPORT, La. ( KTAL/KMSS) – A George Washington Birthday Ball will be held in a historic town in Southwest Arkansas in ...
Washington lawmakers debate removing first president from state flag. Critics call the move ‘un-American’
Democrats sponsoring the bill to remove Washington’s image from the state flag say he has “limited historical connection to ...