Here's everything to know about the Feb. 17 holiday, including what President's Day celebrates and which stores are open or ...

George Washington of Virginia, the commander of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War, was elected the first ...

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

After defeating the world’s largest empire in the Revolutionary War, the newly-minted United States had one more opponent ... In doing so, they unanimously elected George Washington to be the first ...

The shift from Washington’s Birthday to Presidents' Day began in the late 1960s, when Congress proposed the Uniform Monday ...