For three years we get lulled into the normalcy of a 28-day February, then bam, the twenty-ninth just comes out of nowhere and exists. It's a bonus day and, as such, should be treated like a holiday.

After Johnson’s Uniform Holiday Bill, it was celebrated on the third Monday of February. Around this time, the country also began using the holiday to honor not only Washington but Abraham ...

Washington's Birthday did not become a legal holiday until Jan. 31, 1879, when Congress added Feb. 22 to the list of holidays to be observed by federal employees in the District of Columbia.

If you're wondering why you randomly have a Monday in February off of a holiday known as President's Day, don't worry: You're not alone. Thanks to a little-known bill from 1968 known as the ...