Presidents Day is an informal term for the actual holiday we celebrate every year: Washington’s Birthday.
For many Americans, Presidents Day means a day off of work or school, a banking holiday and lots of shopping deals. But that’s not what our forefathers had in mind when they made Washington’s Birthday a formal holiday. Every third Monday in February, the nation honors its first president, George Washington, who served as America’s leader from 1789-1797. Here’s what to know about Presidents Day, formally known as Washington’s Birthday, and other trivia about the 46 U.S. presidents.
Some say he died of cholera, while others say he died of gastroenteritis from the acid caused by eating cherries with fresh milk, according to History.com. Abraham Lincoln: The 16th president of the United States, Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater on April 14, 1865, while attending a special performance of the comedy, "Our American Cousin," according to the Library of Congress. He died nine hours later at a boarding house across the street.
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