Super Simple Presidents' Day Activities: Fun and Easy Holiday Projects for Kids
4 HAPPY HOLIDAYS Holidays are great times to celebrate with family and friends Many people have favorite holiday traditions Some traditions are hundreds of years old But people start new traditions too such as making holiday foods and crafts
5 PRESIDENTS DAY Presidents Day is a US holiday It began on February 22 1885 Then it was a celebration of first US president George Washington's birthday In 1971 the US government moved the celebration of Washington's birthday to the third Monday of February People began calling the holiday Presidents Day to include former US president Abraham Lincoln Today Americans celebrate Presidents Day in honor of all the nation's presidents
6 CELEBRATE PRESIDENTS DAY People across the United States celebrate Presidents Day in many ways How do you celebrate this holiday REENACTMENTS On Presidents Day groups of actors reenact historical scenes The US Senate has a similar tradition A Senate member reads Washington's Farewell Address to a crowd each year near Presidents Day
7 7 HISTORY LESSONS Many US schools teach students about the nation's presidents near Presidents Day George Washington and Abraham Lincoln are two of its most celebrated leaders GEORGE WASHINGTON George Washington led the nation from 1789 to 1797 Before becoming president he led the group that wrote the US Constitution ABRAHAM LINCOLN Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth president of the United States He led the nation from 1861 to 1865 He fought to end slavery in the United States LINCOLS
