HOLIDAY: Presidents’ Day is a federal holiday that honors all those who served as president of the U.S.
AGN.News Team
February 18, 2024
WASHINGTON (AGN.News) – Presidents’ Day 2024, officially Washington’s Birthday at the federal level. It’s celebrated on the third Monday of February every year since 1968.
It’s been a federal holiday honoring Founding Father George Washington (February 22, 1732 – December 14, 1799) since 1879. This year it’s celebrated on Monday, February 19, 2024.
Washington gave all for America
Washington led the Continental Army to victory in the American Revolutionary War (1775-1783). He presided over the Constitutional Convention of 1787 and was the first President of the United States from 1789-1797.
The Constitutional Convention of 1787 was held in Philadelphia from May 25 to September 17, 1787. Washington was a strong proponent of a stronger national government and became President of the convention.
What was the main goal and accomplishment of the convention? It created the Constitution of the United States, the supreme law of the newly formed Constitutional Republic called the United States.
Constitution and separation of powers
The first three articles address the separation of powers by dividing the federal government into three branches: (Article I) the legislature, with its two separate chambers, the Senate and the House of Representatives. This is the U.S. Congress.
The executive branch, consisting of the president and other officers (Article II). Section 1 of this Article establishes the offices of president and the vice president. It also sets the term of both offices at four years. It also sets the procedures for electing and removing the president from office and establishes the president’s powers and responsibilities.
The third division of the federal government is the judicial branch. At the top is one Supreme Court and other lower federal courts.
These lower federal courts, established by Congress, handle cases or controversies arising under federal law at the district level and the various Court of Appeals.
The United States courts of appeals are the intermediate appellate courts of the United States federal judiciary. Eleven of the circuits are numbered “First” through “Eleventh” and cover geographic areas of the United States and hear appeals from the U.S. district courts within their borders.
The Judiciary Act of 1789, Section I establishes that federal judges do not face term limits, and that an individual federal judge’s salary may not be decreased. Section II restricts the judiciary’s power to actual cases and controversies under federal law.
Another United States Court of Appeals
This is the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Court. It was established on October 1, 1982. It’s located in the Howard T. Markey National Courts Building in Washington, D.C.
This is one of the 13 United States court of appeals. It has special appellate jurisdiction over certain categories of specialized cases in the U.S. federal court system.
Specifically, it has exclusive appellate jurisdiction over all U.S. federal cases involving patents, trademark registrations, government contracts, veterans’ benefits, federal employees’ benefits, and various other types of cases. It has no jurisdiction over criminal, bankruptcy, and various other types of cases.
From time to time this court may sit in other locations other than Washington, D.C. with some of its judges sitting on the benches of other courts of appeals and federal district courts.
George Washington and Presidents’ Day
Washington was born on Friday, February 22, 1732, in Westmoreland County, Virginia. He’s called the Father of His Country.
His birthday was celebrated on February 22nd each year as Washington’s Birthday from 1879 until 1970. To give federal employees a three-day weekend, in 1968 the Uniform Monday Holiday Act moved it to the third Monday in February.
It soon became called Presidents’ Day for more than George Washington. When referring to President George Washington only, it’s spelled President’s Day. (So you can see sometimes the apostrophe varies)
Some U.S. states combine its celebration by coupling Washington with other presidents like Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson, or any single president. Some cities elect to honor any one of the presidents.
The main focus for many is to see Presidents’ Day as a day that honors any or all those who served as president of the United States.
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