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How Presidents Day turned from reverence to retail

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George Washington was born Feb. 22, 1732 , on Popes Creek Plantation near the Potomac River in Virginia .

Washington was very aware of his inaugural role as president and its distinction from the British crown.

Washington paid little attention to his birthday, according to Mountvernon.org , the website of his estate.

By the late 1960s , Washington ’s Birthday was one of nine federal holidays that fell on specific dates on different days of the week .

Congress voted to move some of those to Mondays , following concerns that were in part about absenteeism among government workers.

The Uniform Monday Holiday Act took effect in 1971 , moving Presidents Day to the third Monday in February .

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English

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