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Presidents' Day
, officially known as Washington's Birthday at the federal governmental level, is a holiday in the United States celebrated on the third Monday in February. It is often celebrated to honor all those who served as
presidents of the United States
and, since 1879, has been the
federal holiday
honoring
Founding Father
George Washington
, who led the
Continental Army
to victory in the
American Revolutionary War
, presided at the
Constitutional Convention
of 1787, and was the first
United States president
. The portrait of Washington shown here was one of 130 copies that the American painter
Gilbert Stuart
made of his unfinished
Athenaeum Portrait
, which is Stuart's most notable work and the basis for the
engraving
of Washington on the
United States one-dollar bill
. This copy is in the collection of the
Clark Art Institute
in
Williamstown, Massachusetts
.
Painting credit:
Gilbert Stuart
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