Maybe you could name all the U.

S.

Presidents, but do you know whose honored by Presidents Day?

You could have asked Calvin Coolidge, but he might have been silent on the matter.

Teddy Roosevelt might have walked softly around the subject despite being a rough rider most Americans believed President's Day is about every president we've had, but that's kind of wrong.

At least assed faras its origin goes.

President's Day was originally Washington's birthday, just Washington's.

On February 22nd.

It became a federal holiday in 18 85.

And as far as the US government's concerned, it's still Washington's birthday.

They not President's Day in 1968.

Congress voted to switch it to the third Monday in February, giving government employees a three day weekend.

But even though Washington's birthday and Lincoln's birthday, we're only days apart, Congress refused to combine them into Presidents Day, though that's what many Americans do.

So if you work for the government, you'll get a day off for Washington's birthday.

If you don't, you may get a day off for president's day.