Find Out Here How Feb. 21, A Federal Holiday, Will Affect Your Recycling Schedule

ST. PETERSBURG, FL — Many workers and students in St. Petersburg get to enjoy a long weekend for Presidents Day, which is honored Monday.

After the death of George Washington in 1799, his birthday, Feb. 22, was unofficially celebrated as a day of remembrance called Washington Day, according to National Today. It became an official holiday during the late 1870s when Steven Wallace Dorsey proposed that Washington's birthday become a national federal holiday. It was signed into law in 1879, and joined the four existing bank holidays that were previously approved in 1870.

In 1896, St. Petersburg started celebrating Washington's birthday annually with the George Washington Day's Birthday Celebration Parade, and it eventually became known as the Festival of States Parade in 1921, according to Florida Memory.

"Richard M. Nixon made the executive order to pass the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which shifted Washington’s Birthday, Columbus Day, Memorial Day, and Veterans’ Day to Monday," National Day reported. Eventually, it became known as Presidents Day to also consider Abraham Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12.

As a federal holiday, Presidents Day could affect the hours of government offices, libraries, public transportation, garbage pickup and other services in St. Petersburg.

Before you head out Monday, here's a roundup up what's open and closed on Presidents Day:

Residential Trash & Recycling Collection: Residential trash plus recycling collection regularly scheduled for Monday will be made Tuesday.. Tuesday collections will be made on Wednesday, and Thursday and Friday collections remain the same.

City of St. Petersburg City Hall and government facilities: Closed

Libraries: Closed

Pinellas County Schools: All public schools, and regional and district offices will be closed Monday.