{"id":24939,"date":"2018-02-16T15:46:28","date_gmt":"2018-02-16T23:46:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=24939"},"modified":"2018-02-16T15:46:28","modified_gmt":"2018-02-16T23:46:28","slug":"presidents-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/presidents-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating Presidents&#8217; Day Holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/images\/calico-civil.jpg\" alt=\"img\" width=\"650\" height=\"339\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many Californians and citizens of the United States get Monday off for Presidents&#8217; Day. At Calico Ghost Town in Yermo, Calif., the annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/yermo-calico-ghost-town-civil-war.html\">Presidents&#8217; Day Weekend Civil War Re-enactment<\/a> February 17-18, 2018 offers a great family getaway. \u00a0It is one of the annual celebrations in California to honor presidents current and past.<\/p>\n<h2>Presidents&#8217; Day<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Celebrated on third Monday in February.<\/li>\n<li>Is legal holiday in California. Closures typically include banks, government offices and schools.<\/li>\n<li>Originally established to honor George Washington, first president of the U.S.<\/li>\n<li>U.S. presidents who have lived in California include Ronald Reagan, Richard Nixon, Herbert Hoover, Gerald Ford and Donald Trump.<\/li>\n<li>Two Presidential Libraries in California are located in Simi Valley and Yorba Linda.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Presidents Celebrations<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>INDIO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/indio-date-festival.html\">Riverside County Fair &amp; National Date Festival<\/a> Presidents Day Parade held downtown on Monday.<\/li>\n<li>YERMO: Calico Ghost Town&#8217;s Presidents Day Weekend Civil War.<\/li>\n<li>KERNVILLE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/kernville-whiskey-flat-days.html\">Whiskey Flat Days<\/a> always on Presidents Day Weekend in February.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Weekend Festivals Not About Presidents<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>CLOVERDALE: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/fairs\/cloverdale-citrus-fair.html\">Citrus Fair<\/a><\/li>\n<li>COSTA MESA: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/garden-grove-tet-festival.html\"> Tet Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>EL CENTRO: Mardi Gras Light Parade &amp; Street Festival<\/li>\n<li>LONG BEACH: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/long-beach-scottish-festival.html\"> Scots Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/los-angeles-golden-dragon-festival.html\"> Golden Dragon Parade<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PACIFIC PALISADES: Genesis Open, golf<\/li>\n<li>PALM DESERT: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/palm-desert-greek-festival.html\">Greek Festival<\/a><\/li>\n<li>PALM SPRINGS:\u00a0Art Palm Springs |\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/palm-springs-modernism-week.html\">Modernism Week<\/a>\u00a0|<\/li>\n<li>PLEASANTON: Alameda County Home &amp; Garden Show<\/li>\n<li>SACRAMENTO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/chinese-tet-sacramento.html\"> Lunar Flower Fest &amp; Tet Parade<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SAN FRANCISCO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/san-francisco-tulipmania.html\">Tulipmania<\/a>\u00a0| Noise Pop<\/li>\n<li>SAN MARINO: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/festivals\/chinese-san-marino.html\"> Huntington Library &amp; Gardens Chinese New Year Celebration<\/a><\/li>\n<li>SANTA BARBARA: Santa Barbara Film Festival<\/li>\n<li>SANTA YNEZ VALLEY: Wine Country Weekend<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many Californians and citizens of the United States get Monday off for Presidents&#8217; Day. At Calico Ghost Town in Yermo, Calif., the annual Presidents&#8217; Day Weekend Civil War Re-enactment February 17-18, 2018 offers a great family getaway. \u00a0It is one of the annual celebrations in California to honor presidents current and past. 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