As every year, the third Monday of February is celebrated President’s day the Presidents Day in United States. This 2022, this day federal festive It will be commemorated on February 21.
It is worth mentioning that the official holiday is George Washington’s birthdayfirst president of the American Union, for which several states do not celebrate Presidents Day, while some others celebrate both or neither. In 1951, there was a proposal to change the name of the holiday to Presidents Day, but it never became official.
Presidents Day began to gain traction in the 1980s, and today most people know the holiday as Presidents’ Day, rather than Washington’s birthday.
Presidents Day 2022: in which states is it a holiday and which do not recognize the celebration?
George Washington’s birthday
Washington’s birthday is the official holiday listed on Washington government websites. Arkansas, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, New York and Virginia. On the other hand, Arizona, Montana, and Utah celebrate both Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s birthdays, while Alabama celebrates President Thomas Jefferson along with Washington.
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President’s day
Los states officially celebrating Presidents Day son Alaska, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Vermont, Washington, Virginia Occidental y Wyoming.
Washington’s Birthday and Presidents Day
only three states Illinois, Carolina del Sur and Mainelist both the Washington birthday like Presidents Day as an official holiday that takes place on the third Monday of February.
States that do not recognize any celebration
Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Mexico, North Carolina, Ohio, Rhode Island and Wisconsin they don’t celebrate Presidents’ Day or Washington’s birthday.