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Can you name the holiday that falls on the third Monday in February?

Like most Americans, you probably think it’s "Presidents' Day." Every desk calendar and car sale ad seems to confirm it. So it may surprise you to learn that its legal name still is "Washington’s Birthday."

The law establishing the holiday never has been changed. For all practical purposes, of course, his day has been forfeited to convenience. We celebrate it on the third Monday in February, rather than on the actual day, Feb. 22, and we call it "Presidents' Day" so we can lump it in with Abraham Lincoln’s birthday, Feb. 12, and pay tribute to all presidents — good, bad and mediocre.

How can we not celebrate the birthday of the father of our nation. George Washington led the armies that fought the War of Independence He led the Constitutional Convention that gave us as Americans our most important document. He also refused to become our king. Without this one man's drive and passion for freedom we would not be the country we are today. Shouldn't George Washinton have his own day of remembrance?

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posted at 16:17:26 on 02/19/08 - Category: Army

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John wrote:

George Washington embodied everything we wish we could get in a President today. We should be celebrating his birthday individually, not combined with all the other presidents.
Posted on 03/03/08 10:27:39

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