Since when is this coming Wednesday a national holiday like the other legitimate ones you mention?
Oh, so you admit there ARE legitimate reasons for employees to have days off?
Huzzah!
And, the momentum happened way back when Harry S Truman died (you know him, right? He used the A-bomb and saved Western Civ?) and carried on through Ike, JFK, LBJ, Reagan, etc.
I dunno ‘bout you, but the way I see it...a holiday tradition that started with Truman and Ike seems well enough established that I’d call it the norm, nicht war?
Ed
Since the President designated it so. Take it up with Trump.