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Thread: Today is Presidents day...hmmph
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02-18-2013 #11
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Re: Today is Presidents day...hmmph
If you were born after 1983?
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02-18-2013 #13
Re: Today is Presidents day...hmmph
Wikipedia - that sorta accurate place of wisdom indicates it became President's day in 71 as the 3rd Monday of Feb. I thought it was to celebrate both Washington and Lincoln. Prior to that - government workers, schools, and banks got two holidays in Feb, but rarely on a Monday.
In 1968 the Uniform Monday Holiday act, strongly promoted by the Skiing, sunny resort, and tourist promotion act changed 4 holidays - Presidents, Memorial, Columbus, and Veterans Day to always occur on Mondays so Government employees, schools, banks, and big companies could have more 3 day weekends to hop on planes and party at a destination. MLK day added in 83 followed the same. So from that day on - Lincoln and Washington no longer have a celebration on their birthday, and probably no spot in public education either.
Back when papers were on dead trees there were a lot of good sales on P day, it doesn't seem so now. Hard to get the flyers out about it.
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There is no FEDERAL holiday called President's Day. Today's holiday is Washington's birthday. States, principalities and car dealerships came up with this Prez's day stuff.
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02-19-2013 #15
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Re: Today is Presidents day...hmmph
^^HUH???
Check facts
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02-19-2013 #17
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President of China and president of USA are the same. Socialists
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02-19-2013 #19
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¡Ay Díos mio!
http://beta.opm.gov/policy-data-over...days/#url=2013
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If I was the POTUS, I would NOT have been playing golf with Tiger Woods.
If I was the POTUS, I would NOT have been playing golf with Tiger Woods.
If I was the POTUS, I would NOT have been playing golf with Tiger Woods.
If I was the POTUS, I would NOT have been playing golf with Tiger Woods.
If I was the POTUS, I would NOT have been playing golf with Tiger Woods.
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