[bankwalker]

The proper name of the holiday is Washington’s Birthday even though it is only occasionally on his actual birthday.

It was always on the 22nd when I was a kid.

[hanamizu]

It was always on the 22nd when I was a kid.

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Of course it was, then Congress, in its great wisdom, decided to move many holidays to Mondays to create long weekends thus destroying historical connections to the events being commemorated.

[Verginius Rufus]

When Washington was a kid, he celebrated his birthday on Feb. 11th. I don’t think he ever got used to the idea of the 22nd being his birthday. He was 20 years old when Great Britain made the change to the “New Style” calendar.