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To: kellynla
It's Nixon's fault that Washington's Birthday is now called "Presidents' Day"--as if all the Presidents deserved to be honored. I think when Congress passed the law moving holidays to Mondays, it was called Washington's Birthday, but Nixon wanted it to honor both Washington and Lincoln, and since then it has been taken as referring to all 42 men.

The current President is called the 43rd President but he's actually the 42nd--Grover Cleveland gets two numbers.

15 posted on 02/18/2008 3:23:33 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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To: Verginius Rufus
"The current President is called the 43rd President but he's actually the 42nd--Grover Cleveland gets two numbers."

Trivia question. Dick Cheney is what number vice president? It's a toughie because of VP's that assumed the presidency, and presidents who had multiple veeps.

20 posted on 02/18/2008 6:47:35 PM PST by boop (Democracy is the theory that the people get the government they deserve, good and hard.)
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