A major restoration project is underway at George Washington’s Mount Vernon in Fairfax County, Virginia, in preparation for America’s 250th Birthday next year.

As the 14th Dalai Lama turned 90 on July 6, the world wasn’t just marking the birthday of a spiritual icon—it was confronting a geopolitical storm stretching from the icy plateaus of Tibet to ...

Those who attended the 300th birthday party for the comte de Rochambeau celebrated his partnership with Washington, and the civil way they made decisions.

Every one of our national parks, battlefields and historic sites are going to have special events in honor of ‘America250’ ...

Time: 2-4 p.m. Where: Old Town Alexandria, Parade Route Thousands of spectators will gather in Old Town Alexandria for the nation’s oldest and largest George Washington Birthday Parade.

Congress turned February 22 — George Washington’s birthday — into a national holiday, but the man himself wanted none of it. Franklin D. Roosevelt didn’t summon fanfare, he seeded it.

Rep. Claudia Tenney (R-N.Y.) introduced a bill Friday that would establish President Trump’s birthday, June 14, as a public holiday. The Trump’s Birthday and Flag Day Holiday Establishment Act ...

Presidents Day is still George Washington’s birthday. It is also a symptom of a veneration of the imperial presidency that is un-republican and would have horrified the Founding Fathers.

In 1837, the tone was more unorthodox when President Jackson opened the doors of the executive mansion on Washington’s birthday for citizens to enjoy an enormous cheese weighing nearly 1,400 ...

Presidents Day, also known as Washington's Birthday, is a federal holiday observed on the third Monday of February. Financial markets, including the NYSE and Nasdaq, are closed on Presidents Day.

Presidents Day, also known as Washington's Birthday, falls on Monday, February 17, 2025. Most banks and stock markets will be closed in observance of the federal holiday. Presidents Day is not ...