{"title":"President's Day","description":"\u003cp\u003ePresidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003epresidents of the United States\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand, since 1879, has been the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efederal holiday\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ehonoring\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eFounding Father\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eGeorge Washington, who led the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eContinental Army\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eto victory in the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAmerican Revolutionary War, presided at the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eConstitutional Convention\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eof 1787, and served as the first\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eU.S. president\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003efrom 1789 to 1797.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-1\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe day is an official\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003estate holiday\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ein most states under various names.\u003csup id=\"cite_ref-WaPostFeb14_2-0\" class=\"reference\"\u003e\u003c\/sup\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eDepending upon the specific law, the state holiday may officially celebrate Washington alone, Washington and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eAbraham Lincoln, or some other combination of U.S. presidents (such as Washington and Thomas Jefferson, who was born in April)\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0670\/4060\/8558\/collections\/presidents_day_image.jpg?v=1768742380","url":"https:\/\/www.riverbirchandco.com\/collections\/presidents-day.oembed","provider":"River Birch \u0026 Co.","version":"1.0","type":"link"}