美国庆祝总统节

US Celebrates Presidents' Day Holiday

编辑:给力英语 来源：VOA Learning English 更新：2018年2月20日

Washington's Birthday officially honors the life and work of George Washington, the first president of the United States.

美国工人和学生星期一将放假一天，庆祝每年一度的总统日。
1879年，为纪念美国首任总统乔治·华盛顿的诞辰而将2月22日设为联邦假日。将近一个世纪后，美国国会于1968年通过一项法律，不再将几位总统的诞辰作为假日，而把星期一定为联邦假日，让美国工人们得以连续休息三天。
总统日设在每年2月的第三个星期一，零售商们在这一天减价促销商品。

Millions of workers and school children in the United States are getting a day off Monday for the annual Presidents' Day holiday.

It first became a federal holiday in 1879 to celebrate the February 22 birthday of the first U.S. president, George Washington.

Nearly a century later, in 1968, Congress passed a law shifting the celebration of several federal holidays from specific dates to predetermined Mondays in order to give workers three consecutive days off.

Retailers take advantage of the holiday - held on the third Monday in February - to promote sales and price cuts on their products.