{"id":8725,"date":"2026-03-01T00:37:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-01T00:37:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/?p=8725"},"modified":"2026-03-01T02:04:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-01T02:04:17","slug":"celebrating-washington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/index.php\/2026\/03\/01\/celebrating-washington\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Washington"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>El presidente m\u00e1s famoso de la historia de Estados Unidos es omnipresente, desde el nombre hasta la imagen, est\u00e1 en todas partes. Su cumplea\u00f1os es incluso una fiesta federal, otra forma de reforzar el sentimiento patri\u00f3tico.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19336-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8726\" srcset=\"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19336-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/englishreally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19336-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/englishreally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19336-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/englishreally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19336-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/englishreally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/19336.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/englishreally.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/celebrating-washington_80365fd0_250331120729_0x0.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>He was the first president of the United States and he is still the most famous. George Washington remains one of the most popular of all US presidents. He is everywhere. His&nbsp;<strong>portrait<\/strong>&nbsp;is on one dollar&nbsp;<strong>bills<\/strong>. His face is&nbsp;<strong>carved<\/strong>&nbsp;on Mount Rushmore. His name is used for universities, forts, bridges, mountains, parks and even the capital city. He is considered the \u2018father of his country\u2019. It is no surprise,&nbsp;<strong>therefore<\/strong>, that his birthday is a&nbsp;<strong>federal holiday<\/strong>&nbsp;called \u2018Washington\u2019s Birthday\u2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MR. PRESIDENT<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>George Washington was born on February the 22nd, 1732. For years, the holiday was celebrated on that day. However, it was&nbsp;<strong>moved to<\/strong>&nbsp;the third Monday of February in 1971. The Uniform Holiday&nbsp;<strong>Act<\/strong>&nbsp;was passed in Congress to create more three-day weekends for the nation\u2019s workers. Memorial Day, Labor Day, Columbus Day and Veterans\u2019 Day were also moved to a Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>MISSED DATES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, \u2018Washington\u2019s Birthday\u2019 is better known as \u2018Presidents\u2019 Day\u2019. Many people like to think it honours all US presidents \u2013 and particularly another&nbsp;<strong>beloved<\/strong>&nbsp;president: Abraham Lincoln. Lincoln\u2019s birthday was on February the 12th.&nbsp;<strong>Strangely enough<\/strong>, the Uniform Holiday Act means that it now always&nbsp;<strong>misses<\/strong>&nbsp;the birth dates of Washington, Lincoln and any president in US history!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>SUDDENLY OLDER<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>What is even stranger is that Washington\u2019s actual birthday was on February the 11th, 1731. The United States changed from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian calendar in 1752. People who were born before that year had to add eleven days to their birth date. People born between January and March also had to add one year. By the time Washington became president,&nbsp;<strong>he listed<\/strong>&nbsp;February the 22th, 1732, as his birthday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>A TIME FOR REFLECTION<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This year, it falls on February 19th. Many&nbsp;<strong>businesses<\/strong>&nbsp;stay open. Shops hold Presidents\u2019 Day&nbsp;<strong>sales<\/strong>&nbsp;and there are parades in some cities. The largest Presidents\u2019 Day Parade is in Alexandria, Virginia,&nbsp;<strong>along<\/strong><strong><\/strong>the historic streets where George Washington himself once walked.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Schools close for a mid-winter&nbsp;<strong>break<\/strong>. American schoolchildren get special lessons about the presidents of their country \u2013 particularly George Washington and Abraham Lincoln \u2013 in the weeks before the holiday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>AMERICAN VALUES<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Above all else<\/strong>, Presidents\u2019 Day is seen as a patriotic holiday. It is an opportunity for Americans to reflect on the values of their nation. The&nbsp;<strong>highlight<\/strong>&nbsp;every year is the reading of George Washington\u2019s \u2018<strong>Farewell Address<\/strong>\u2019 in Senate. As Minnesota Senator Hubert Humphrey said in 1956: \u201cIt gives one a renewed sense of&nbsp;<strong>pride<\/strong>&nbsp;in our republic.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">GLOSSARY<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69e20376d8ea6\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"See more\"    >See more<\/span><div id=\"target-id69e20376d8ea6\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>portrait:&nbsp;<\/strong>retrato<br><strong>carved:&nbsp;<\/strong>esculpida<br><strong>therefore:&nbsp;<\/strong>por lo tanto<br><strong>moved to:&nbsp;<\/strong>movida a<br><strong>act:&nbsp;<\/strong>ley<br><strong>beloved:&nbsp;<\/strong>amado<br><strong>strangely enough:&nbsp;<\/strong>extra\u00f1amente, curiosamente<br><strong>misses:&nbsp;<\/strong>se pierde, se salta<br><strong>he listed:&nbsp;<\/strong>indic\u00f3, registr\u00f3<br><strong>businesses:&nbsp;<\/strong>tiendas<br><strong>sales:&nbsp;<\/strong>rebajas<br><strong>along:&nbsp;<\/strong>a lo largo<br><strong>break:&nbsp;<\/strong>vacaciones, pausa<br><strong>above all else:&nbsp;<\/strong>por encima de todo<br><strong>highlight:&nbsp;<\/strong>\u00e1pice<br><strong>farewell <\/strong><br><strong>address:&nbsp;<\/strong>discurso de despedida<strong>pride:&nbsp;<\/strong>orgullo<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-vivid-cyan-blue-color has-text-color\">EXPLAINS<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<span class=\"collapseomatic \" id=\"id69e20376d8ede\"  tabindex=\"0\" title=\"See more\"    >See more<\/span><div id=\"target-id69e20376d8ede\" class=\"collapseomatic_content \"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Bills:<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8220;Billetes&#8221;. Bill, adem\u00e1s de ser el diminutivo de William, es una palabra con varios significados. Entre los m\u00e1s frecuentes est\u00e1 el de billetes (tambi\u00e9n banknotes), factura, recibo o cuenta (\u201cI asked the waiter for the bill\u201d); bill tambi\u00e9n puede ser un proyecto de ley.<br><strong>Federal holiday:<\/strong>&nbsp;&#8220;Fiesta nacional&#8221;. Dado que Estados Unidos es una federaci\u00f3n de 50 estados, hay fechas se\u00f1aladas en cada uno de ellos (fiestas estatales) y otras que se celebran en toda la uni\u00f3n.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>El presidente m\u00e1s famoso de la historia de Estados Unidos es omnipresente, desde el nombre hasta la imagen, est\u00e1 en todas partes. Su cumplea\u00f1os es incluso una fiesta federal, otra forma de reforzar el sentimiento patri\u00f3tico. He was the first president of the United States and he is still the most famous. 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