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Presidents Day: No School, No Trash, No Mail, No Banks

For some businesses, it's business as usual, but call before you go.

All but critical government agencies are closed Monday, thanks to Presidents Day.

Police and firefighters will be on the job, but all other government offices will be closed for the holiday, originally George Washington's birthday. That includes schools.

In Los Angeles, trash pickup days are typically pushed back one day to accommodate the holiday. Banks and stock exchanges take the day off as well.

Although commonly known as Presidents Day, the federal government still recognizes it  legally as Washington's Birthday.

The holiday was shifted from Feb. 22 to the third Monday in February 1971 under the terms of the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill of 1968. Because the holiday falls between Feb. 15 and 21, it can never fall on the actual anniversary of Washington's birth in 1732.

The term Presidents Day began being popularized in the 1980s, when retailers combined sales formerly held in conjunction with Washington and Lincoln's birthdays.

Admission will be free at the Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum in Yorba Linda Monday for Presidents Day, while the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley will mark the holiday with a free set of family-oriented activities.

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