Presidents Day 2026 In Havre De Grace: What’s Open, Closed

HAVRE DE GRACE, MD — Presidents Day on Monday is a federal holiday, but that doesn’t mean every government office in Harford 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.

All locations of the Harford County Public Library will be closed Presidents Day.

Harford County Public Schools offices and buildings also will be closed.

Regular household trash removal for those Bel Air residents who normally receive pickup on Mondays will be collected Wednesday. Town residents who normally receive household trash removal on Tuesdays will remain on Tuesday. Because of the modified holiday refuse schedule, there will be no bulk collection Wednesday and no yard waste pickup Monday.

The Harford Waste Disposal Center and tollgate yard trim drop-off facility will be closed Monday. Check with your trash collector for their holiday schedule.

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.