My Hallmark calendar announces today as Presidents’ Day (as do so many commercials–what do presidents have to do with kitchen appliances anyway?), but The Code (not the one that includes parlay) considers today the observance of only one president’s birth: Washington. See 5 U.S.C. 6103(a), which lists the following federal holidays:

The following are legal public holidays:

New Year’s Day, January 1.

Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the third Monday in January.

Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February.

Memorial Day, the last Monday in May.

Independence Day, July 4.

Labor Day, the first Monday in September.

Columbus Day, the second Monday in October.

Veterans[*] Day, November 11.

Thanksgiving Day, the fourth Thursday in November.

Christmas Day, December 25.

Perhaps its best, as all presidents are not equally honorable, and few could dispute Washington’s grace and leadership. A tip of the hat to loyal reader and code aficionado, Prawnik!

* Why isn’t this punctuated Veterans’ Day?