{"id":3821,"date":"2022-02-13T20:56:19","date_gmt":"2022-02-13T20:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/demo.resourceportal.com\/?p=3821"},"modified":"2022-02-15T21:36:34","modified_gmt":"2022-02-15T21:36:34","slug":"why-is-presidents-day-always-observed-on-a-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/demo.resourceportal.com\/?p=3821","title":{"rendered":"Why is Presidents\u2019 Day always observed on a Monday?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3821\" class=\"elementor elementor-3821\" data-elementor-settings=\"[]\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-section-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea3f8aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea3f8aa\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container 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Just as our founding fathers would have expected them to do!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-a875f2d elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a875f2d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-9ce9570\" data-id=\"9ce9570\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b04c1a1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b04c1a1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b>\u201cPresidents&#8217; Day\u201d never falls on the actual birthday of any American president.\u00a0 Nonetheless, \u201cThe Uniform Monday Holiday Act\u201d (1971) combined the birthdays of George Washington (February 22) and Abraham Lincoln (February 12) into one national holiday.\u00a0 T<\/b><b>he law also shifted several federal holidays from assorted dates on the calendar to a series of predetermined Mondays with the goal of creating more three-day weekends for the nation\u2019s workers and bolstering retail sales.<\/b><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Celebrated on the 21st of February this year, George Washington\u2019s birthday (February 22) is the basis for Presidents\u2019 Day. 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