Here’s what’s open (and closed) on President’s Day 2025

Here’s what’s open (and closed) on President’s Day 2025.

While most people know today as President’s Day, the official name of the holiday is actually Washington’s Birthday.

Back in 1951, Congress proposed changing the name to celebrate all the leaders of the U.S., but the government never got around to formally doing so. Some 17 years later, lawmakers did pass the “Uniform Monday Holiday Act,” moving the celebration from founding father George Washington’s actual birthday (Feb. 22) to the third Monday of February.