Tweety is saying repeatedly that today is Washington's Birthday ....

[Hieronymus]

but we celebrate it as President's Day. George Washington was born on Feb. 22.

[MercutioATC]

1. The official Federal holiday is "Washington's Birthday".

[Hieronymus]

4. My calendars call today, President's Day.

[MercutioATC]

5. That may be, but the official name is "Washington's Birthday"

...and that's probably why Tweety is calling it "Washington's Birthday".

(for those who doubt it):

http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/fedhol/2009.asp

[sandnsea]

11. Thanks

I always thought they changed it to President's Day. How peculiar, and why wouldn't they?

[MercutioATC]

12. Unofficially, it probably became known as "Prez Day" after they added Lincoln.

...so both are really correct.

[sandnsea]

13. It was Wshington & Lincoln, first

We always had both off in February. Then they added Martin Luther King Day, and limited the one holiday in February. I have always heard it called President's Day since then. Never had any idea that it wasn't officially changed.

[MercutioATC]

14. I'm a federal employee, so I knew it was still Washington's Birthday, but

the media likes Presidents' Day better.

[Sebastian Doyle]

2. The holiday used to be officially a Washington' s birthday celebration.

It's only been in recent years that they added Abe Lincoln into it and called it "President's day"

[liberal N proud]

3. I remember 2 separate holidays

Lincoln on 2/12, Washington on 2/22.

They combined them and called it Presidents day.

[kath]

7. Isn't Lincoln's Feb. 12?

[liberal N proud]

8. You are so correct

[kath]

10. And isn't it cool that Lincoln and Darwin were born on the exact same day, 200 years ago?

I just learned that one last week...

(hey, thanks to whoever just gave me the heart!)

[SpookyCat]

17. That is correct.

I know, because I share my birthday with Lincoln, so as a kid I thought everyone got their birthday off! LOL! Mighty annoyed when they took "my" day away! Fascists!

[Hieronymus]

19. I recall that too. Too bad it was changed.

[treestar]

6. Tweety is repeatedly a dingbat

[Lost in CT]

15. I agree but he happens to be right. Abe was axed for the King. nt

[spanone]

9. tweety's old, he forgets, like me

[stillcool]

16. Here's a good explanation...

Washington's Birthday was first celebrated as a holiday in the District of Columbia in 1880. It was made a federal holiday in 1885. The holiday was originally held on the anniversary of George Washington's birth, on February 22. In 1971, this holiday was moved to the third Monday in February.

This holiday is legally designated as "Washington’s Birthday". Though other institutions such as state and local governments and private businesses may use other names, it is the federal government’s policy to always refer to holidays by the names designated in the law.

http://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/washington-birthday

[Crabby Appleton]

18. Correct - see US Code - Title 5, 6103

TITLE 5 > PART III > Subpart E > CHAPTER 61 > SUBCHAPTER I > § 6103. Holidays

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode05/usc_sec_05_00006103----000-.html

(a) The following are legal public holidays:

New Year’s Day, January 1.
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the third Monday in January.
Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February.
Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.
Independence Day, July 4.
Labor Day, the first Monday in September.
Columbus Day, the second Monday in October.
Veterans Day, November 11.
Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.
Christmas Day, December 25.