In the USA it is optional to observe, unlike European holidays which seem to be
required.
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Subject: Re: [OM] Presidents Day, USA
It was originally Washington’s birthday (Feb. 22 is the actual date) but later
morphed into a general Prez Day. And there are private employers that observe
it too, including BCG where my son now works.
Cheers,
Nathan
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> On 19 Feb 2018, at 17:42, Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I'm less sure about the use of the possessive. The motivation for this
> holiday is one that I suspect many Europeans will find difficult to
> understand. There were once several holidays that honored a single president,
> all of which gave some workers a day off. As these things go, the more there
> were, the more were desired.. It looked like we would soon have forty or
> fifty presidents days, all of which meant days off for some workers.
> Employers didn't like this, because it did nothing for production. So all the
> commerative days were lumped into one. So it could go either way.
>
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> From: "Philippe" <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 10:32:07 AM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Presidents Day, USA
>
> I have some doubts about the latter.
>
> Amities
> Philippe
>
>
>
>> Le 19 févr. 2018 à 17:29, Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit :
>>
>> I believe it's best either presidents' or presidents day.
>
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