The history and celebration of President's Day

OMAHA, Neb. (KPTM) — President's Day is celebrated on the third Monday in February - the month of both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln's birthdays, according to nationaldaycalendar.com.

Abraham Lincoln's birthday is February 12, and Washington's birthday is February 22.

The day was originally celebrated as President George Washington's birthday, but it has later come to celebrate all presidents who served the country.

Fun facts about presidents:

• Three presidents served in the year 1841 - Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison, and John Tyler
• Forty years later the same thing happened. Three presidents served in 1881 - Rutherford B. Hayes, James A. Garfield, and Chester A. Arthur
• Three presidents died on July 4 - John Adams, James Monroe, and Thomas Jefferson
• Four presidents were assassinated while in office - Abraham Lincoln, James A. Garfield, William McKinley, and John F. Kennedy
• George Washington took the presidential oath on April 30, 1789

How to celebrate this federal holiday:

• A lot of businesses are closed - consider closing yours for the day
• Learn presidential trivia
• Watch documentaries about POTUS
• Throw a birthday party for Abraham Lincoln and George Washington
• Use #PresidentsDay on social media to share how you celebrated

Washington's birthday was first federally celebrated in the 1880s, said the website.

In 1968, the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill was passed by Congress. This moved several federal holidays to Mondays to create three-day weekends.

It was talked about to change the name to President's Day, but ultimately that was rejected.

A bill was passed in 1971 that officially moved Washington's birthday to the third Monday in February.

Over the year's President's Day became the more common name for the holiday.