US Presidents Day: How did it evolve from reverence to retail

US Presidents Day: How did it evolve from reverence to retail

Norfolk, Virginia — Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king.

And yet the United States will once again commemorate its first president Monday, 293 years after he was born…
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