Unless Nixon was a king, George Washington’s Birthday is not Presidents Day

Last week, I successfully debunked the myth of St. Valentine’s Day. (St. Valentine’s Day doesn’t exist. February 14th is Ss. Cyril and Methodius Day. St. Valentine lost the day in 1969.)

Now, on George Washington’s real birthday, let me debunk the myth of Presidents Day. There is no national Presidents Day.

Congress made Washington’s Birthday a national holiday in 1885. It moved the holiday to the third Monday of February in 1971. Believe it or not, you celebrated Washington’s Birthday yesterday, as usual.

That’s because Congress never changed the name to Presidents Day. Never.

Nixon’s gall. It is true that, when Washington’s Birthday was moved to a Monday in 1971, President Nixon declared it Presidents Day. But Congress did not change the name, and even Nixon, in his imperial presidency, could not amend the law on his own.

So it’s Washington’s Birthday. Stop screwing it up with that watered-down "Presidents Day" garbage. I’m not celebrating Nixon.

Frank Warner