What's Open, Closed On Presidents Day In PG County 2019

PRINCE GEORGE'S COUNTY, MD -- Three cheers for a three-day weekend, as Presidents Day arrives to give us a nice mid-winter break.

The holiday was actually established in 1885 to honor President George Washington. Then, as part of a Uniform Monday Holiday Act that proposed the country celebrate holidays on Mondays rather than the day they fell on the calendar so that workers could have three-day weekends, it was proposed to be changed. That didn't go over so well at first.

During debate on the bill, it was proposed that Washington's Birthday be renamed Presidents Day to celebrate the birthdays of both Washington on Feb. 22 and President Abe Lincoln's birthday on Feb. 12. Congress actually rejected the name change in 1968 version of the bill. But after the bill went into effect in 1971, Presidents Day became the commonly accepted name anyway.

Here's a look at the type of things that are open and closed on Presidents Day, Mon., Feb. 18, 2019, via Prince George's County:

*Facility only open Thursday, Friday and Saturday*

TheBus,
a public transit service operated by the Prince George’s County
Department of Public Works and Transportation (DPW&T), will provide
regular service on all routes on Monday, February 18, 2019, except
Route 51 service to the Equestrian Center/Courthouse. Regular
operations of Route 51 will resume on Tuesday, February 19, 2019. The
County's Call-A-Bus service, including dialysis and Senior nutrition, will not operate on Monday, February 18, 2019. Regular operations of the Call-A-Bus services will resume on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

The Prince
George’s County Department of Permitting, Inspections and Enforcement
will be closed on Monday, February 18, 2019. Regular business hours will
resume on Tuesday, February 19, 2019.

In addition,
Prince George’s CountyClick 3-1-1 will be closed on Monday, February 18,
2019 and will return to regular operations on Tuesday, February 19,
2019; 7 a.m. – 7 p.m. However, residents can still submit service/issue
requests online at www.countyclick311.com/.

Additional reporting by Patch editor Samantha Mercado

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