Presidents’ Day is one of those tricky Monday holidays. It didn’t start out that way. In 1885 it was held on February 22 in recognition of George Washington and officially called “Washington’s Birthday.” In 1971 it was changed in name and date as part of Uniform Monday Holiday Act to Presidents’ Day and held on the third Monday in February. The idea was to allow for a guaranteed three-day weekend.
However, some states didn’t go with the plan. They celebrated Washington’s, Lincoln’s and other leaders’ on different days.
Texas went with the national program and will celebrate past and present presidents on Monday.
While it is a legal holiday, U.S., state and City of Dallas offices will be shuttered, as will most banks and area schools. But retailers, the zoo, the Arboretum and the Perot Museum will have their doors wide open.
Since the weather guessers are predicting rain Saturday thru Monday, why not do a crash course in movie-watching? After all, the Academy Awards are coming up on Sunday, March 4, and you don’t want to think “The Shape of Water” is an environmental movie about the world’s oceans.