Posted on 02/15/2016 2:04:33 PM PST by Biggirl
On the third Monday of February, Americans celebrate George Washington’s Birthday, often inappropriately called “Presidents Day.†Even more unfortunately, this holiday doesn’t even fall on Washington’s Birthday due to the Uniform Monday Holiday Bill, which pushed numerous holidays to Monday in order to create more three-day weekends. Washington’s real birthday does not occur until February 22.
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Abolish President’s Day. Restore Lincoln’s Birthday and Washington’s Birthday, the way it used to be.
Just another example of how Congress has torn apart our American heritage and culture.
Why do we have a named individual for the blacks on their day and unnamed “presidents”? What happened to the father of our Nation— George Washington’s day. This is not good. You just as well have “ Wednesday” or “Friday”. This is worthless. I don’t mind bureaucrats not ruining our lives those days but I want my bank open and my mail!!
The presidents were all lumped into one day
to make room for Martin Luther King’s holiday.
Either Breitbart doesn’t know this, or they’re
afraid of being called racist for pointing it
out. Either way, it doesn’t look good for them.
Abolish MLK day too.
Anyone who thinks he is really more important than George Washington or quite a few other presidents needs to be deprogrammed with vigor.
I doubt Washington would have wanted a holiday in honor of politicians, even himself.
That a lot of Godawful Presidents are included in this day, sort of kills it for me.
Now that you make me think of that, I agree. He had to be cajoled to serve in the first place, and went the heck home when his term was up.
At the very least, let’s change it to National Civil Rights Day.
This whole business of having days is the problem. Just go back to diurnal cycles.
>>> That a lot of Godawful Presidents are included in this day, sort of kills it for me.
Everybody gets a trophy!!! Even godawful presidents. It’s a sign of the times.
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