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I am only in my late 20s. But I understand President's Day used to be in honor of HONORABLE Presidents of the United States, like the beloved George Washington and Abe Lincoln.
So should we honor crooks like Bush and Obama today, President's Day 2010???
Or should we honor the truly honorable Presidents of Old (Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln... Reagan)??
Who is YOUR fav President, who do YOU think of of when thinking honoring President's Day???
WTF made Reagan particularly honorable? Grenada or Iran-Contra?
Honor all of them. Or at least send them a thought. It's a sucky job - long hours, no gratitude from at least 40% of the population, pathetic pay and moody loners thinking you're their ticket to herostratic fame.
This is like asking what tree you honor on Arbor day. Who really celebrates a president on President's day? Do you have some type of re-enactment ceremony, cakes, fireworks? I don't even get the day off work.
Originally "President's Day" was two holidays, Lincoln on the 12th and Washington on the 22nd. At some point, I guess in the late 70s or so, the were combined and became President's Day.
Other than government, schools and banks, businesses don't observe most holidays other than Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's.
Quite honestly, it's just another day. It may be a federal holiday, and some places are closed, but I see no reason to do so. I can remember when they had two days in February set aside, for Lincoln and Washington. Not sure when they combined the two into one day.
The President is just some guy--not anyone important.
At one time Lincoln had a birthday and Washington had a birthday holiday, both in February. Some schools gave both days off (mine did) but Washington's birthday was the only federal holiday. Some brainiac decided to combine them and later some other brainiacs decided to make it the more general Presidents Day. At one time they were thinking of a separate early March holiday to honor the office but it never came to pass because it was too close to Washington's birthday.
But I understand President's Day used to be in honor of HONORABLE Presidents of the United States, like the beloved George Washington and Abe Lincoln.
I think your understanding is wrong.
The first attempt to create a Presidents Day occurred in 1951... The purpose was not to honor any particular President, but to honor the office of the Presidency.
I don't think the OP could be more biased if he tried, from the inclusion of Obama's middle name in the poll & conveniently excluding everyone else's to his choices of who should be honored. What a joke.
Uhh, it's a combination of Washington and Lincoln's birthdays. (Please refer to your penny, quarter, dollar bill and five-dollar bill for future reference).
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