The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (public law no. 90-363) is a United States law that amended the federal holiday provisions of the United States Code to establish the observance of certain holidays on Mondays. The Act was signed into law on June 28, 1968 and took effect on January 1, 1971.^[1] This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Weighing scales represent the way law balances peoples interests For other senses of this word, see Law (disambiguation). ... In the United States, a Federal holiday is a holiday recognized by the United States Government. ... The United States Code (U.S.C.) is a compilation and codification of the general and permanent federal law of the United States. ...

The Act moved Memorial Day, Washington's Birthday, and Veterans Day from fixed dates to designated Mondays and created a new holiday, Columbus Day, which also falls on a Monday.^[2] The law was designed to give federal employees more three-day weekends.^[2] Veterans Day was eventually removed from this list of Monday holidays when it was moved to November 11. Relatives and others traditionally place flags near veterans headstones on Memorial Day Memorial Day is a United States federal holiday that is observed on the last Monday of May (most recently observed May 29, 2006). ... Presidents Day, officially known as Washingtons Birthday, is a national holiday in the United States of America celebrated on the third Monday of February. ... President Eisenhower signs HR7786, officially changing Armistice Day to Veterans Day. ... Columbus Day is a holiday celebrated in many countries in the Americas, commemorating the date of Christopher Columbuss arrival in the New World on October 12, 1492. ...

Contrary to popular perception, the Act did not establish "Presidents' Day," nor did it combine the observance of Lincoln's birthday with Washington's. In fact, the Act removed observance of Lincoln's birthday from the list of federal holidays, but it retained observance of Washington's birthday, albeit on the third Monday in February instead of on February 22, which is Washington's actual birthday.^[2] Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 – April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was an American politician who served as the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. ... George Washington (February 22, 1732–December 14, 1799)[1] led Americas Continental Army to victory over Britain in the American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), and was later elected the first President of the United States. ...

External links

• Presidents' Day: Long-Standing Misnomer, Christian Science Monitor, 1998
• Federal holiday provisions of the United States Code, 5 U.S.C. 6103
• Text of the Act

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References

1. ^ http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2004/winter/images/uniform-monday-holiday-law.jpg
2. ^ ^{a b c} http://www.snopes.com/holidays/presidents/presidents.asp