What's closed on presidents day 2017?

Here is a list of what is open and what is closed on Presidents Day. Government. Post Offices: Closed; State offices: Closed; Federal offices: Closed; Town and city halls: Closed; Schools: Closed, and this is a week-long school winter vacation; Massachusetts state courts: Closed. U.S. District Court in Springfield: Closed; Springfield Armory National Historic Site: Open. read more

Monday, Feb. 20 is Presidents Day, a time set aside to honor the leaders of our country, especially George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Washington, the first president, was born Feb. 22, 1732. Lincoln, the 16th president, was born Feb. 12, 1809. read more

While Presidents Day began as an unofficial holiday to celebrate George Washington’s Feb. 22 birthday, it didn’t become a federal holiday until 1879, when President Rutherford B. Hayes signed it into law, and not a national bank holiday until six years later, according to the History Channel. read more