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This is ridiculous. We have "President's Day" celebrated today and the only sign of it, other than empty schools and government offices, are the ads for white sales at the department stores and a funny television ad I saw for "Millard Fillmore Soap on a Rope." Thank you, Richard Nixon. Until his President's Day proclamation in 1971, and subsequent legislation, we had separate holidays for both Abraham Lincoln on February 12 and George Washington on February 22. Not all states celebrated both, and the days came close together, but so what? School children routinely made studies about the lives of...

Presidents Day is the common name for the United States federal holiday officially designated as Washington's Birthday. It is celebrated on the third Monday of February and this year it falls on February 19, 2007. Some great presidents include:

WASHINGTON - Heading toward the bicentennial of Abraham Lincoln's birthday, President Bush on Sunday celebrated the nation's 16th president as a man of steadfast convictions and honorable ideals. "It's fitting that we honor Abe Lincoln," Bush said in the ornate East Room of the White House. "Of all the successors to George Washington, none had a bigger impact on the presidency and the country." Bush spoke in early tribute to the 199th anniversary of Lincoln's birthday. Lincoln was born Feb 12, 1809. On Tuesday, first lady Laura Bush will speak at Lincoln's birthplace of Hodgenville, Ky., as part of the...

The President and first lady spent the weekend in Washington attending church on Sunday as usual. Today as part of President's Day Celebrations the President and First Lady attended an event at Mount Vernon VA in honor of Washington's 275th birthdayClick here for information on 275th Anniversary of the Birth of George Washington Click here for George Washington's Biography Vice President Dick Cheney is enroute to Australia to meet Australian Prime Minister John Howard after that he will fly to Japan. This weekend, Secretary of State Rice was in the Middle East. She made an unannounced visit to Iraq on...

[Posted 2/19/07, from 2004 Washington Times piece.] February 22, 2004 -- George Washington unfortunately has become a cliché. For an older generation, he was too often treated as such a mythic figure that it was difficult to appreciate his true importance. In today’s politically correct society many treat him as a white, male oppressor. Most of us celebrate his birthday by shopping the sales at the mall. This is not a bad use of our time, but it is appropriate to take a moment to reflect on the real greatness of the real Washington and the moral lessons he taught...

When Thomas Jefferson first read a copy of the United States Constitution, he was appalled. He was particularly scandalized by the office known as the Presidency, comparing it to the elective king of Poland. By using the dreaded and hated word "king," Jefferson became among the first to denounce the Presidency as a step backwards into monarchy—the very kind of government that the Americans had rebelled against in their revolution. There were, of course, differences between the President and the elective king of Poland. For example, the Polish King did not have to be Polish, and many were not, while...

In honor of President's Day, I thought I'd let them speak for themselves. GEORGE WASHINGTON: "If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter." JOHN ADAMS: "There is danger from all men. The only maxim of a free government ought to be to trust no man living with power to endanger the public liberty." THOMAS JEFFERSON: "Liberty is to the collective body, what health is to every individual body. Without health no pleasure can be tasted by man; without liberty, no happiness can be enjoyed by society." JAMES...

Today is “President’s Day.” A holiday originally intended to honor George Washington (and in some states Abraham Lincoln), President’s Day has degenerated into just another day off for government employees and an excuse for large retailers to hold sales. More destructive to our national consciousness, it has become a day that purports to “celebrate” all presidents equally, the dismal failures along with the towering giants. Perhaps this is why hardly any celebration occurs at all. This is a shame, because the truly great men who have led this nation throughout our history deserve the American people’s most heartfelt thanks for...

February 22 is the birthday of George Washington, the man who, more than any other, made possible our republican form of government. The third Monday in February has come to be known - wrongly - as President's Day. America's political leaders should take this occasion to remember Washington's deeds, recollect his advice, and once again call the holiday celebrating him by its legal name: Washington's Birthday. James Flexner, George Washington's greatest biographer, called him the "indispensable man" of the American Founding. Without Washington, America would never have won our War of Independence. He played the central role in the Constitutional...

DEBUNKING CINDY SHEEHANHEAR ABE LINCOLN/JOHNNY CASH + PBS' NEIL CONANby Mia T, 8.31.05 (viewing movie requires Flash Player 7, available HERE)   "You tell me the truth. You tell me that my son died for oil. You tell me that my son died to make your friends rich. You tell me my son died to spread the cancer of Pax Americana, imperialism in the Middle East."--Cindy Sheehan "And if you think I won't say bulls**t to the President, I say move on, cause I'll say what's on my mind."--Cindy Sheehan   The trusty triad's half-truths, exaggerations and outright lies,...

Multi Media Slide Show http://postgazette.com/pg/06051/658231.stm Dozens of relatives of the 16th president rest in an obscure Fayette County cemetery, while the family maintains a mostly quiet Western Pennsylvania presence JOHNSTOWN -- If you happen into Vitamin World at Johnstown's Galleria mall, you might be rung up by an assistant manager who bears a powerful resemblance to the president on your $5 bills. You might even say, as others do, "You really look like Abe!" "Thank you," the man might reply, with a smile spreading just above his bygone beard. Or he'll tease, "Which one? There are several Abrahams in the...

PRESIDENTIAL HOME-SCHOOLERS"As you probably know, Monday will be Presidents' Day. Originally intended as the celebration of George Washington's birthday, it is now widely accepted as a day to honor U.S. Presidents in general. This special holiday has particular significance to homeschoolers, since many of our Presidents received their early education, either completely or in part, through what would today be known as homeschooling.  Here's the full list of ten:George WashingtonThomas JeffersonJohn Quincy AdamsJames MadisonWilliam Henry HarrisonJohn TylerAbraham LincolnTheodore RooseveltWoodrow WilsonFranklin Delano Roosevelt- The Homeschool Enrichment newsletter, 2/15/06

Whether today should be called Washington's Birthday or Presidents Day is a question that will not distract most Americans from patriotic golf rounds and shopping excursions. But it's less a question than a crusade for Lafayette lawyer Jason Bezis. He calls Presidents Day -- with its varying interpretations and occasional, floating apostrophe -- a noxious weed strangling the venerable oak of Washington's Birthday, which happens to be the official title of the holiday in California and under federal law. On paper, he appears to be right. And almost no one cares. "The poor oak tree's leaves are withering," Bezis, 31,...

WASHINGTON — It took George Washington (search) less time to win the Revolutionary War (search) than it has taken Rep. Roscoe Bartlett to win passage of a bill to make the government again call Presidents' Day by its legal name — Washington's Birthday. But the Maryland Republican is not giving up. Bartlett (search), who first tackled the issue in 1999, has reintroduced the Washington-Lincoln Recognition Act (search). It would require that all federal government officials and entities refer to the holiday exclusively as "Washington's Birthday," and require that the first president's name be used in any publication about the holiday...

Aside from a day off from work or school, no mail delivery or banking services and sometimes some pretty sales, Presidents' Days have pretty much come and gone without much fan fare around here. In fact, I can't say that (since finishing school many years ago) I've really given a lot of thought to Presidents' Day ~ that is until today.

Virtual Prayer Rally: February 21 A total of 205 members are participating in your state (MD). How does a Virtual Prayer Rally work? Using the power of the Internet, the Virtual Prayer Rally invites believers to commit to a one-hour block of time on President's Day, February 21, 2005 to lift up prayers for our President, our nation and our Armed Forces. While participants may choose to gather together to pray at a location of their choice, with the Virtual Prayer Rally anyone, anywhere can sign up and pray at home or office, joining together with thousands of others...

Congressman pushes bill to honor Washington By I-Wei J. Chang, Capital News Service(KRT) WASHINGTON -- It took George Washington less time to win the Revolutionary War than it has taken Rep. Roscoe Bartlett to win passage of a bill to make the government again call Presidents' Day by its legal name -- Washington's Birthday. But the Maryland Republican is not giving up. Bartlett, who first tackled the issue in 1999, has reintroduced the Washington-Lincoln Recognition Act. It would require that all federal government officials and entities refer to the holiday exclusively as "Washington's Birthday," and require that the first president's...

Here we sit, roughly one month away from "Presidents' Day" (February 17, 2002). George Washington's Birthday, formerly a National Holiday has been pre-emplted by this ridiculous "day". George Washington was the first President of this Republic. He was also the heart and soul of the military opposition to the forces of the British Crown during the Revolution. He WAS the American Revolution. He DESERVES a National Holiday. more than Columbus or Martin Luther King Jr. Yet his holiday has been pre-empted by a mindless, amorphous entity called "Presidents' Day". I don't know about you, but I'm NOT happy about celebrating...

Every February, thousands of shopping malls and car dealerships should be accused of false advertising during their massive Presidents' Day sales. The holiday is not Presidents' Day; it is, and officially, the national tribute to just one of the 43 presidents of the United States: Gen. George Washington. Declared a legal holiday by the federal government in 1885, George Washington's Birthday has morphed into Presidents' Day and even the so-called authority on U.S. holidays, "The American Book of Days," has it wrong. A bit of history: In 1968 the so-called Monday Holiday Law was enacted by the U.S. Congress to...

WE SHOULD KNOW OUR HISTORY Who’d have thought a day would come in America when George Washington would be nothing more than a caricature in a television commercial. And that Abraham Lincoln would be his foil. We used to honor these great men. Now we mock them. And worse, we ignore them. Our understanding of American history has become so weak and distorted that we fail to comprehend and appreciate our heritage. Names and events sacred to us mean nothing. And instead of grateful we are indifferent. It’s hard to see this development as an accident. Instead, it is the...