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Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February in honor of George Washington, the first President of the United States. Colloquially, it is widely known as Presidents Day and is often an occasion to remember all the presidents, not just George Washington or Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday is also in February.〔 The term "Presidents Day" was coined in a deliberate attempt to change the holiday into one honoring multiple presidents.〔 The day is also a state holiday in most states with official names including Presidents' Day, President's Day and Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday.〔 Depending upon the specific law, the state holiday might celebrate officially Washington alone, Washington and Lincoln, or some other combination of U.S. presidents. Some states celebrate Washington and the third president Thomas Jefferson but not Lincoln.〔 ==Official state holidays== Although Lincoln's birthday, February 12, was never a federal holiday, nearly half of the state governments have officially renamed their Washington's Birthday observances as "Presidents' Day", "Washington and Lincoln Day", or other such designations. (In historical rankings of Presidents of the United States Lincoln and Washington are frequently, but not always, the top two presidents.) However, "Presidents' Day" is not always an all-inclusive term and might refer to only a selection of presidents. In the following states and possessions, Washington's Birthday is an official state holiday and known as:〔See Public holidays in the United States for citations.〕 ''Using "president"'' *Presidents' Day in Hawaii, New Mexico, North Dakota,〔http://www.nd.gov/tax/misc/state-holidays.html〕 Oklahoma, Puerto Rico, South Dakota, Texas, Vermont, and Washington〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= RCW 1.16.050 )〕 *President's Day in Alaska, Idaho, Maryland, Nebraska, New Hampshire, Tennessee, West Virginia, and Wyoming *Presidents Day in Michigan, Nevada, New Jersey, and Oregon *Washington's Birthday/President's Day in Maine *Lincoln/Washington/Presidents' Day in Arizona ''Washington alone'' *Washington's Birthday in Massachusetts *George Washington Day in Virginia ''Washington and Lincoln'' *Washington and Lincoln Day in Utah *Washington–Lincoln Day in Colorado,〔CRS 24-11-101〕 Ohio 〔(ORC 1.14 )〕 *Lincoln's and Washington's Birthday in Montana *Washington's and Lincoln's Birthday in Minnesota 〔https://www.revisor.mn.gov/statutes/?id=645.44〕 ''Washington and another person'' *George Washington/Thomas Jefferson Birthday in Alabama〔http://inform.alabama.gov/calendar.aspx〕 *George Washington's Birthday and Daisy Gatson Bates Day in Arkansas ''Unspecified'' *"The third Monday in February" in California.〔Cal. Gov. Code § (6700(a)(5) )〕 Several states honor presidents with official state holidays that do not fall on the third Monday of February. In Massachusetts, the state officially celebrates "Washington's Birthday" on the same day as the Federal holiday. State law also directs the governor to issue an annual "Presidents Day" proclamation on May 29 (John F. Kennedy's birthday), honoring the presidents with Massachusetts roots: Kennedy, John Adams, John Quincy Adams, and Calvin Coolidge.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Section 15VV Presidents Day ) (Coolidge was the only one born outside of Massachusetts. George H. W. Bush, on the other hand, was born in Massachusetts, but has spent most of his life elsewhere.)〕 In California,〔Cal. Gov. Code § (6700(a)(4) )〕 Connecticut, Missouri, and Illinois, while Washington's Birthday is a federal holiday, Abraham Lincoln's birthday is still a state holiday, falling on February 12 regardless of the day of the week. In New Mexico, Presidents' Day, at least as a state-government paid holiday, is observed on the Friday following Thanksgiving. In Georgia, Presidents' Day, at least as a state-government paid holiday, is observed on Christmas Eve (Observed on the prior Thursday if Christmas falls on Saturday; observed on the prior Friday if Christmas falls on a Sunday. If December 24 is a Wednesday, then this holiday is observed on Friday December 26.)〔http://georgia.gov/popular-topic/observing-state-holidays〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Washington's Birthday」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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