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What is Presidents' Day? Who the federal holiday celebrates and why
READ MORE: Home, artifacts discovered at Harriet Tubman's birthplace in Dorchester CountyCongress designated February 22, George Washington's birthday, as a holiday for all federal workers in 1885. In 1971, the Uniform Monday Holiday Law changed the date to the third Monday in February.The Lincoln Memorial - the iconic temple built to honor the 16th president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln - turns 100 years old Monday.The Uniform Monday Holiday Law aimed to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers, according to History, shifting several federal holidays from specific dates to predetermined Mondays.The position of the holiday between the birthdays of Washington and Lincoln, born on February 12, gave rise to the popular name of Presidents' Day, according to the National Archives.Presidents' Day is now popularly seen as a day to recognize the lives and achievements of all of America’s chief executives.President Abraham Lincoln's cottage is a historic site nestled in Northwest D.C.