While many schools and companies may be closed for the day and the United States Postal Service shuts down, there's also an impact on the stock market.

Less than four hours from the Main Line, Shenandoah County offers an abundance of places to stay and sights to see.

George Washington ... a national constitution. Indeed, he served as the president of the convention of 1787 that produced in primary form the Constitution that governs the nation to this day.

A letter written by George Washington in 1777 that is valued at $150,000 is up for sale this Presidents Day. The letter ... and an evocative piece of our national history,” Nathan Raab ...

So were the more solemn thanksgiving ceremonies, and George Washington ... the national folklore is partly fakelore. Political leaders introduce new policies to solve problems of their day but ...

Well, at least you may get a three-day holiday ... known as Washington's Birthday, the first federal holiday of the year was originally meant to honor the country's first president, George Washington.

The meaning of Presidents Day has changed dramatically ... whose books include “Here, George Washington Was Born: Memory, Material Culture, and the Public History of a National Monument.” ...

Our popular culture and even the law in some states now refer to the holiday as “Presidents Day.” That habit started by effectively combining the mid-February birthdays of George Washington ...

Government offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 17, in observance of Presidents Day ... of former presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, according to the National Archives.

According to the National Archives, the day commemorates the births of two United States presidents — George Washington, who was born on Feb. 22, and Abraham Lincoln, who was born on Feb. 12.