Veterans Day honors military service. The Fourth of July acknowledges the country’s independence. But Presidents Day is ...

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Congress passed a law making Independence Day a federal holiday on June 28, 1870, according to the Library of Congress. Later, Congress reaffirmed it as a paid holiday for federal employees in 1938.