Is Presidents Day a Federal Holiday? Here's What's Open, Closed From Banks to UPS

The United States is celebrating Presidents Day, a holiday initially intended to celebrate the nation's first president, George Washington, on Monday, Feb. 16.

When Washington was alive, the United States celebrated the day of his birth, Feb. 22, but it didn't become an official federal holiday until Jan. 31, 1879. The celebration of Washington - and eventually other presidents - was officially moved to a new date on June 28, 1968 when Congress passed the “Uniform Monday Holiday Act”.

The bill signed by President Lyndon B.