The February 22 birthday of George Washington, military leader of the American Revolution and first president of the United States, has been a legal holiday since 1885.As a number of states also celebrated the February 12 birthday of Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president, some legislators advocated combining the two events into a single holiday. The final legislation retained the Washington’s Birthday holiday, but many Americans now call the holiday “Presidents’ Day.”
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In 2010, Presidents Day falls on February 15.
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