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Originally Posted by retiredguy123
Fine, but there are some in the media who want to do away with President's Day, when it doesn't even exist. There is no President's Day and there never has been, except for some state holidays. Some people on national TV are spreading false information that there is a national President's Day that needs to be eliminated.
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If you want to nitpick details and formalities... Washington was not born on Feb 22nd. He was born on what a calendar in 1731 would tell you was Feb 11th. Julian calendar recalculation did a job on messing up dates.
President Clinton might have disagreed with your assertion that there is no Presidents' Day when in 2000 he issued a Presidential Proclamation
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PRESIDENT'S DAY PROCLAMATION
I am pleased to join all Americans in observing Presidents' Day.
Today we salute the leadership and achievements of all those who have held America's highest elected office, and we celebrate with special pride the rich legacies of Presidents Washington and Lincoln.
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Of grammatical interest... the proclamation uses both options for placement of the apostrophe. Or somebody didn't notice
And our Federal government
Presidents' Day | GovInfo has a webpage giving the history of Presidents' Day. It does explain that no Federal rule has given it that name but the common usage, everyone's calendar, and society have settled on assigning Presidents' Day to the 3rd Monday in February.
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While the name change has never been authorized by Congress, it has gained a strong hold on the public consciousness to honor all U.S. Presidents, and is generally used on calendars, in advertising, and even by many government agencies.
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