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An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day, and further ...
In the 1880s, Presidents’ Day was known to be the birthday (12 February) of the first president of the United States. ... When Congress deliberated the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill in 1968, the ...
Those three-day weekends will always remain intact thanks to the Uniform Holiday Bill signed by Lyndon B. Johnson back in 1968, with the former president declaring it would help Americans enjoy ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Joe Biden signed 50 bills into law on Tuesday that include making the bald eagle the country's official bird and one that stops members of Congress from collecting ...
In 1968, the Uniform Monday Holiday Act gave several holidays "floating" dates so that they always fall on a Monday, and also established Columbus Day. In 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill that created Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day. It was first observed three years later, although some states resisted making it a state holiday.
Date signed Date published FR citation FR doc. number Ref. 374 10513: Martin Luther King, Jr., Federal Holiday, 2023 January 13, 2023: January 19, 2023: 88 FR 3283 2023-01095 [755] [756] 375 10514: Religious Freedom Day, 2023 88 FR 3285 2023-01096 [757] [758] 376 10515: 50th Anniversary of the Roe v. Wade Decision: January 20, 2023: January 25 ...
US President Joe Biden speaks during a holiday visit to patients and families at Children's National Hospital in Washington, DC, on December 20, 2024. Biden signed 50 bills into law on Christmas ...
Holidays proclaimed in this way may be considered a U.S. "national observance", but it would be improper to refer to them as "federal holidays". Many of these observances designated by Congress are authorized under permanent law under Title 36, U.S. Code, in which cases the President is under obligation to issue an annual proclamation.