Legendary Presidents Day 2024

Presidents Day 2024

On President, day in 2024 Americans will celebrate the presidents who have served the United States of America. Presidents day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in order to honor past presidents who helped shape this great nation with their time in office. Presidents Day is also known as Washington’s Birthday was proposed by John Adams and enacted under President George Washington. Although presidents day is not formally marked across all states, the majority of Americans consider it a federal holiday that should be celebrated each year for presidents who fought for freedom and liberty at home, against our enemies abroad, and succeeded through many difficult challenges they faced throughout their presidency(s).

Presidents’ Day is a federal holiday celebrated each year in order to honor presidents who served the United States of America. Presidents day is also known as Washington’s Birthday and was proposed by John Adams and enacted under President George Washington. Although presidents day is not formally marked across all states, the majority of Americans consider it a federal holiday that should be celebrated each year for presidents who fought for freedom and liberty at home, against our enemies abroad and succeeded through many difficult challenges they faced throughout their presidency(s).

Presidents Day is a federal holiday that celebrates presidents who have served this great nation. President’s Day has been recognized as early as 1870, but it was not until 1918 when presidents’ day became a national holiday. The third Monday in February was chosen to celebrate presidents day due to its association with Presidents Day, Washington’s birthday, or presidents who have been assassinated or died in office.

The day is sometimes understood as a celebration of the birthdays and lives of all U.S. presidents. In recent years, presidents day has also become a celebration of presidents who have been assassinated or died in office as well as those presidents whose birthdays fall near presidents day.

In the United States, it is celebrated on the third Monday in February. This holiday arose from a combination of two older holidays: Washington’s Birthday and President’s Day. The former dates back to the 18th century but was originally called “the president’s birthday.” In 1870 both holidays were renamed with the combined term “Presidents’ Day” which later became shortened to Presidents Day.

I foresee Presidents day 2024 will be filled with parades, barbecues, and many other events commemorating past presidents who created this great nation we call home today. Americans should take some time to reflect on presidents who have served and continue to serve the American people every day. Americans across the nation will celebrate presidents who have fought for freedom and liberty at home, against our enemies abroad, and succeeded through many difficult challenges they faced throughout their presidency(s).

America should take some time to reflect on presidents who have served and continue to serve the American people every day. In 2022 Americans across the nation will celebrate presidents who have fought for freedom and liberty at home, against our enemies abroad, and succeeded through many difficult challenges they faced throughout their presidency(s).

The origin of the presidents’ day lies in the 1880s when the birthday of Washington—commander of the Continental Army during the American Revolution—was celebrated for two days each February on both his birth date and that of Abraham Lincoln. This dual honoring was an example of Americans’ desire to “remember presidents whose great deeds have rendered them illustrious.”

In 1968 Congress passed the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill which moved the number of federal holidays to Mondays and presidents day was one. Though presidents day was not created as such until by an act of Congress in 1971. It has been celebrated since February 18th, though the date is not a federal holiday so many places celebrate presidents day on different days or don’t celebrate it at all.

The purpose of presidents day is to federally commemorate presidents and their contributions to America and its people. There are other holidays that commemorate presidents such as Washington’s Birthday which was changed to Presidents Day in order to include both Washington and Lincoln.

Washington didn’t want his birthday to be remembered because he thought it would appear egotistical but congress made it a national holiday anyway. Though they changed the name from his birthdate of February 11th to Presidents Day in the early 20th century. As for Lincoln presidents, the day has been celebrated on February 12th since 1968.

If presidents day isn’t widely celebrated, why is it even a federal holiday? The purpose of presidents day isn’t to celebrate presidents but rather to remember them and their contributions. Also, the post office, banks, schools, etc have presidents day off so people can spend time with their families or do other things they couldn’t normally do during work/school days.

Now that I’ve mentioned presidents let’s go over some of the most important ones in US history. George Washington was inaugurated as president on April 30th, 1789 then re-inaugurated on March 4th, 1793 because the Constitution said, presidents had to beurated on March 4th unless that day was a Sunday. George Washington then retired after his second term in 1797 and John Adams took over the presidency.

John Adams is the only president who was elected to two terms without an intervening president, which makes him the 2nd and 3rd president. Adams and Jefferson were close friends until Adam’s administration when they completely stopped talking to each other due to political disagreements: Adam’s support of the Alien and Sedition Acts and Jefferson’s involvement with the Democratic-Republican Party.

Thomas Jefferson is often referred to as one of America’s founding fathers because he drafted the Declaration of Independence in 1776 with Ben Franklin and John Adams which meant that he wrote “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness.” He also doubled America’s size by buying Louisiana from the French.

Madison is one of America’s most influential presidents because he helped draft and pass the Constitution in 1787 which included a system of checks and balances so no president would become a dictator. Also, Jefferson was a strict constructionist when it came to the Constitution meaning that he believed that presidents had to abide by whatever was written in the document even if future presidents found loopholes or didn’t like parts that they thought were unfair. Washington also got involved in politics after his presidency with becoming a delegate for Virginia in both Federalist Party, then later the Republican-Federalist party before becoming Democratic-Republican in 1796; though he only served one term as congressman due to poor health.

John Adams and Thomas Jefferson remain on good terms until Jefferson beats Adams in the election of 1800. Jefferson was a Democratic-Republican and Adams was a Federalist which meant that they had completely different ideas about how the country should be run. In 1825, all presidents up to that point were re-inaugurated on March 5th because everyone is inaugurated on March 4th unless it’s a Sunday.

In 1829, Andrew Jackson became president and from there, presidents have been inaugurated in January instead of March so they can start their presidencies sooner. Jackson is often called “The People’s President” for his non-establishment political beliefs meaning he didn’t want ties with business or state governments but rather formed alliances with the poor and middle classes. He vetoed many bills during his tenure which were the only presidents to use his veto power. Also, he enforced the Indian Removal Act which led to Indians being forced off their land and onto reservations further west.

In 1845, James K. Polk became president and from then on presidents were elected for a 4-year term instead of a 2-year term as they used to be before 1841. Polk is often referred to as “The Expansionist President” because he purchased California from Mexico and gained much more territory through the annexation of Texas before any other presidents had been inaugurated including General Zachary Taylor who would have defeated him at a ballot box due to both men wanting control over Texas territories but ending up becoming good friends after Polk’s ended in 1849.

During the Civil War, presidents were only allowed to serve for a maximum of two years because of Abraham Lincoln’s assassination. Several presidents served during this time including Jefferson Davis who was the leader of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. The Union would win over the Confederacy in 1865 which ended up being one of the bloodiest wars in our history with 600,000 people dead leaving 15% of all white men between 16-50 dead and 23% if injured.

In 1881, Chester A. Arthur became president but after 2 months he was diagnosed with Bright’s Disease so Garfield took over until Arthur died in 1886 when James Garfield became president while Chester A. Arthur is often referred to as “The Gentleman Boss” due to his political appointment of the first Civil Service Commission which was made to protect government workers from being fired or demoted on political grounds.

A year into his presidency, Garfield was shot and killed by Charles J. Guiteau who said he had a vision of becoming president and wanted to become an ambassador of France but failed to do so because Garfield’s administration didn’t believe him.

The most presidents to serve in office since 1933 is Franklin D. Roosevelt with 4 terms from 1933-1945 as well as Harry S. Truman from 1945-1953, Dwight Eisenhower from 1953-1961, John F. Kennedy from 1961-1963 before dying in office, Lyndon B. Johnson who remained president until 1969 after Kennedy was assassinated during a to Dallas, Texas before Nixon became president for 2 terms from 1969-1974, Ford who served as president until 1976 after Nixon resigned due to Watergate, Carter who served as president until 1980, Reagan who served as president for 8 years between 1981-1989 and Bush who served 9 months in 1989 before Clinton was elected into office.

Donald Trump became the first independent candidate since George Washington ran unopposed in 1789 where presidents were able to choose a party they wanted to run under meaning that presidents could officially represent their own personal beliefs which backfired for the republican party because Donald Trump did not share the parties core beliefs opening the door for Hillary Clinton to become the first female to run for president in 2016 elections.

During presidents day most government offices are closed including all post offices but many businesses remain open and may give their employees president’s day as a holiday making presidents day potentially long four days instead of three. The presidents who will be honored for this year, or 2022, is listed below:

– Andrew Jackson (1829 – 1837)

– Martin Van Buren (1837 – 1841)

– John Tyler (1841 – 1845)

– Millard Fillmore (1850 – 1853)  filling out the term after Zachary Taylor’s death

– James Buchannan (1857 – 1861) filling out Lincoln’s term after his assassination

– Abraham Lincoln (1861 – 1865), the 16th President, was elected during presidents day in to celebrate 200 years since he took office

– Andrew Johnson (1865 – 1869), the 17th President, filled out Lincoln’s term after his assassination

– Ulysses S. Grant (1869 – 1877)  filling out Johnson’s term after his impeachment and resignation only served one president day in office and died on July 23, 1885, five days shy of presidents day in 1886  in Mount McGregor, New York

– Rutherford B. Hayes (1877 – 1881)  20th President, celebrated his 100th birthday on presidents day in 1916 but never lived to see it became a federal holiday until 10 years later when presidents day was first marked across the country in 1926

– James A. Garfield (1880 – 1881), 20th President, only presidents day in the office for 199 days and was assassinated on July 2, 1881, by Charles J. Guiteau

– Chester A. Arthur (1881 – 1885), 21st President, he served two presidents day as president of the United States of America

– Grover Cleveland (1885 – 1889) 22nd and 24th President, celebrated presidents day three times as president of the United States of America from March 4, 1893, until his death on June 24, 1908, in Princeton, New Jersey also known as Stephen Grover Cleveland

– Benjamin Harrison (1889 – 1893), 23 rd President after serving as a senator from Indiana before presidents day in office

– William McKinley (1897 – 1901), the 25th President, served presidents day in the office before his assassination on September 6, 1901, by anarchist Leon Czolgosz

– Theodore Roosevelt (1901 – 1909) 26th President, celebrated presidents day one time before he died on January 6, 1919, of a pulmonary embolism at the age of 60 years old  in Oyster Bay, New York

– William Howard Taft (1909 – 1913), the 27th President, also served as the 10th Chief Justice of the United States from 1921 to 1930 after being appointed by Warren Harding

– Woodrow Wilson (1913 – 1921), 28th President won reelection during presidents day in 1916 but never had another president day in office after he suffered a stroke on October 2, 1919

– Warren G. Harding (1921 – 1923), 29th President was the first presidents day president to die in office April 1, 1923, at the age of 57 years old  in San Francisco, California

– Calvin Coolidge (1923 – 1929) 30th President celebrated presidents day once during his time as president and died January 5, 1933, of coronary thrombosis at the age of 60 years old

– Herbert Hoover (1929 – 1933), 31 st President during presidents day in the office before resigning after his failure to end the Great Depression or prevent World War II respectively

– Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933 – 1945), 32nd President, died of natural causes on April 12, 1945, after presidents day in office

– Harry S. Truman (1945 – 1953), 33 rd President served presidents day during his time as president, celebrated presidents day once after he left office and died of old age on December 26, 1972, at the age of 88 years old

– Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953 – 1961), 34th President was the first presidents day president to be born in a hospital while celebrating presidents day three times while in office before experiencing both a heart attack and stroke himself while living until March 28th, 1969 at the age of 78 years old

– John F. Kennedy (1961 – 1963) 35th President who served presidents day from being elected until his assassination on November 22, 1963, by Lee Harvey Oswald

– Lyndon Johnson (1963 – 1969), the 36th President, served presidents day in office after presidents day in 1964 and died of old age on January 22nd, 1973 at the age of 64 years old

– Richard Nixon (1969 – 1974) 37th President was presidents day during his time as president and resigned from office before presidents day in 1976 to avoid impeachment hearings while living until April 22nd, 1994 at the age of 81 years old

– Gerald Ford (1974 – 1977), the 38th president lived president’s day twice while presidents day in the office before dying on December 26th, 2006 at the age of 93 years old.

– Jimmy Carter (1977 – 1981), 39th President served presidents day in the office before dying of pancreatic cancer on June 26th, 1981 at the age of 90 years old

– Ronald Reagan (1981 – 1989), 40th President served presidents day four times while presidents day in office and died of pneumonia on June 5th, 2004 at the age of 93 years old.  – George H. W. Bush (1989 – 1993), 41 st President, lived presidents day twice while presidents day in the office before he died on November 30th, 2018 at the age of 94 years old.

– Bill Clinton (1993 – 2001) 42 nd President was president’s day during his time as president and created a scandal involving White House interns that led to his impeachment by Congress while living until September 12th, 2017 at the age of 71 years old.

– George W. Bush (2001 – 2009) 43 rd President served presidents day once during his time as president before Barack Obama was inaugurated on January 20th, 2009, presidents day presidents do not typically take office until after presidents day in office

– Barack Obama (2009 – 2017), 44th President lived presidents day twice while presidents day in office and became an honorary presidents day three times for a total of five presidents day celebrations before Donald Trump’s inauguration on January 20th, 2017 at the age of 57 years old.

– Donald Trump is our current 45th president who will celebrate his first president’s day in 2021.

– Presidents born on this date include presidents day presidents George W. Bush (1946), Bill Clinton (1946), Donald Trump (1946), and Barack Obama (1961).

Other presidents born on this date are Jimmy Carter who died on June 26 the On, Gerald Ford, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan, and Herbert Hoover.

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