About Presidents’ Day

How to Spell Presidents’ Day

The third Monday in February is considered a Federal Holiday in order to celebrate Presidents’ Day. This holiday can be spelled in a number of different ways from “President’s Day” to “Presidents Day” or the correct form of “Presidents’ Day”. Why is there variation in the spelling of Presidents’ Day? Presidents’ Day is not actually [...]

Presidents’ Day Resources

Here’s a big list of President’s Day resources we’ve built over the years, at Surfnetkids.com and other sites in our network. Presidents’ Day Fun: Of course, there’s THIS site. Come back NEXT year for more content, but at least I got the design and logo done in time for this year! Presidents’ Day: recommended sites [...]


When Is Presidents’ Day?

Having originally been designated to celebrate President Washington’s birthday, it was first celebrated in 1792 on his actual birthday, February 22.  It was the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen and while it’s still called Washington’s birthday, it has since evolved to be a celebration of Washington’s and Lincoln’s birthdays commonly known as [...]