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Presidents Day: How Washington's birthday became a business bonanza

It's a day many Americans enjoy off from work and cash in on sales. The big picture: The way the holiday is celebrated has evolved throughout U.S. history, from a day of reverence for George Washington to a retail bonanza.

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What is Presidents Day? Upcoming holiday started with Washington, now for all presidents

Presidents Day is Monday. Here's what to know about it's history, including how it got started and what it has become.

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Is the stock market closed today for Presidents' Day - Washington's Birthday? What to know

The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq are closed for Washington's Birthday, as it's known on the federal calendar. Next holiday will be Good Friday.

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Washington’s Birthday celebrations were useful to both sides in Civil War, and huge in Cambridge

Washington’s Birthday has been largely forgotten as a distinct celebration, but its commemoration in Civil War-era Cambridge ...

Washington lawmaker wants to redesign state flag

A partisan fight over whether Washington's flag truly represents the state in the best way it could is brewing in Olympia, ...

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How Presidents Day has evolved from reverence to retail

Either way, Washington paid little attention to his birthday, according to Mountvernon.org, the website of the organization that manages his estate. Surviving records make no mention of ...

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George has his day, and so does Abe. But states honor US presidents in lots of ways

The federal government doesn't even recognize Monday as Presidents Day. It's officially Washington's Birthday, honoring the first president and the original American yardstick for measuring ...