On Monday, February 16, 2009 08:54, John Hudson wrote:
> I just received some incoming mail saying that it is "Presidents' Day" in
> the USA.
>
> What is the history behind this day of celebration?
>
> Just curious
>
> jh
When I was went to elementary school in the sixties we celebrated Washington's
and Lincoln's birthdays separately on whatever day they fell. I don't
remember that they were legal holiday's. I would have been too young to pay
attention about banks being open or closed. I'm fairly sure schools open.
Somewhere in the seventies, if I remember correctly, it was decided that most
legal holidays would be celebrated on the closest Monday so that people could
have a long weekend. Sometime either then or later the two birthdays were
combined and termed President's day, which is now a legal holiday. For more
information I would have to do a google search.
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