Presidents' Day, officially Washington's Birthday, started in the 1880s honoring George Washington (Feb. 22) but became a three-day holiday in 1971 via the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, falling on the third Monday in February and popularly celebrating all U.S. presidents, especially Lincoln (Feb. 12).Vegas » 18 Jan 2026, 12:45 pm » wrote: ↑ Abraham Lincoln Day? He was the one that caused 600k white men to die to free the slaves.