Presidents Day 2026 In Bowie: What’s Open, Closed

BOWIE, MD — Presidents Day on Monday is a federal holiday, but that doesn’t mean every government office in Prince George's County will automatically be closed.

President's Day is legally known as Washington’s Birthday, which was celebrated on Feb. 22 until it was moved to the third Monday in February under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act, which took effect in 1971.

Although the name of the holiday was never officially changed, it became known in the 1980s as Presidents Day, a celebration not just of a single president but of the office of the presidency. Many people also regard it as a holiday honoring both Washington’s birthday on Feb. 22 and President Abraham Lincoln’s birthday on Feb. 12.

The county animal services facility will be closed and regular trash service will take place but bulky trash collection will be postponed. The electronics recycling acceptance site and household hazardous waste acceptance site are closed.

Prince George’s County TheBus service will run its regular weekday schedule except Route 51 service to the Equestrian Center/Courthouse. Regular operations of Route 51 will resume Tuesday. The county’s Call-A-Bus service, including the PGC Link and Orange Circulator, will not operate Monday. Regular operations of the Call-A-Bus services and PGC Link will resume Tuesday.

PGC311 will be closed Monday and will return to regular operations Tuesday. However, residents can still submit service and issue requests online at www.countyclick311.com/.

The Robert J. DiPietro Community Center and the Laurel Armory will be open during their regular hours of operation Monday.

Prince George's County Public Schools offices and buildings will be closed Monday.

The Prince George's County Memorial Library System also will be closed Monday.

If you need to run to the DMV or take care of any other government business, you may find the doors locked and lights off. Most states, including Maryland, make Presidents Day a holiday for workers, with exceptions including those who perform essential services. Even in states that recognize Presidents Day as a holiday, not all counties and cities give workers a day off.

Banks, the New York Stock Exchange, Nasdaq, and bond markets will be closed. So will the U.S. Postal Service. Unless they’re typically closed on Mondays, most retail stores will be open as usual. The same goes for restaurants and bars. Some non-retail businesses will be closed, including Patch Media.

Presidents Day is the first free-admission day for national parks of 2026. The day kicks off a revised, more “patriotic” schedule of free entrance days for the year, with notable exceptions of Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Juneteenth. Flag Day on June 14, which is also President Donald Trump’s 80th birthday, was added to the schedule of fee-free admission days. Under another change this year, only U.S. citizens and residents.

The National Park Service manages more than 430 designated sites, including national parks, monuments, battlefields, historic sites, lakeshores and recreation areas.