TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Is Presidents Day the most confusing holiday in the U.S.?
States seem to have as many names for it and ideas about whom to honor as there have been presidents. The federal government doesn’t even recognize Monday as Presidents Day. It’s officially Washington’s Birthday, honoring the first president and the original American yardstick for measuring greatness.
The holiday hasn’t been celebrated on Washington’s actual birthday of Feb. 22, or any other president’s birthday, for more than 50 years. Presidents Day became the popular name after the holiday was fixed to a Monday.
The result is a jumble, causing some people to yearn for the holiday to just
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