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Introduction and origin – President's Day, also known as Washington's Birthday, is a federal holiday observed in the United States on the third Monday of February. President’s day that celebrate all U.S. presidents   specifically George Washington who was born on February 22, the first President of the United States. Sen. Steven Wallace Dorsey of Arkansas was the first one to propose this day as federal holiday and in 1879 president Rutherford B. Hayes signed it into law. Since then it’s called “Washington’s birthday’’ which was only applied to District of Columbia. But in 1885, the celebration expanded to the entire country. America celebrates this day to pay tribute to all American presidents, past and present.     How to celebrate President Day President's Day is viewed as a time of patriotic celebration and remembrance. Many patriotic and historical groups stage celebrations, re-enactments and other events to highlight this holiday. Around the country, histor

Introduction and origin April Fools’ Day—celebrated on April 1 each year—has been celebrated for several centuries by different cultures, though its exact origins remain a mystery. There are so many stories about how 1 st April came to celebrated as April’s Day, but the most widespread one is about the calendar, In year 1582, Pope Gregory the XII introduced a new calendar, the Gregorian calendar. This calendar started New Year on 1at of January but back then information took time to spread so for a long time many people didn’t know about it or refused to accept the new calendar, These people continued to celebrate New year on 1 st of April. The people who accepted the new calendar now started making fun of these non-believers, eventually the new calendar was accepted world- wide but the pranks stayed on. Ways of celebration- April Fools’ Day traditions include playing hoaxes or practical jokes on others, often yelling “April Fools!” at the end to clue in the subject of the Apri