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  • Bartlett Pushes Washington-Lincoln Act: Presidents Day to Become Washinton's Birthday Day?

    02/21/2005 8:29:25 AM PST · by metalmanx2j · 66 replies · 985+ views
    Fox News ^ | February 21, 2005 | I-WEI J. CHANG
    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...