According to Title 5 of the US Code, neither Congress or the President has the authority to declare a holiday that must be enforced by the states - Federal holidays are only applicable to Federal employees and the District of Columbia.
Each state chooses which holidays it will recognize.
Anybody may make suggestions regarding public holidays. The first holidays (declared in 1870) were done so at the urging of "an association of bankers and businessmen" in D.C.
The President can suggest it but Congress has to approve.
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No, Abraham Lincoln did.
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Grover Cleveland signed a bill to make labor day a federal holiday in 1894.
A president did not declare this holiday. Christmas is a religious celebration that Christians celebrate to honor the birth of Jesus Christ. But, President Ulysses S. Grant recognized Christmas as a national holiday in 1870
Gerald R. Ford was the first to declare November 11th a holiday.
Alabama was the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday in 1836
declare a bank holiday that closes banks for days
Alabama was the first American state to declare Christmas an official holiday. By 1890 other states also followed suit. Christmas is the only religious holiday in America, which is also a national legal holiday.
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