美國慶祝總統節

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.美國工人和學生星期一將放假一天，慶祝每年一度的總統日。

1879年，爲紀念美國首任總統喬治·華盛頓的誕辰而將2月22日設爲聯邦假日。將近一個世紀後，美國國會於1968年通過一項法律，不再將幾位總統的誕辰作爲假日，而把星期一定爲聯邦假日，讓美國工人們得以連續休息三天。

總統日設在每年2月的第三個星期一，零售商們在這一天減價促銷商品。