Presidents Day is a good chance to learn more about American History, civic responsibility and even U.S. Geography.
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1.) Research President's Day, its origins, why it is celebrated, etc.
Due: Sunday 2/14/10 by no later than 11:59p.m.
Monday, February 8, 2010
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This year President's day has come to us this February the 15th. This day originated from being George Washington's birthday. It is always celebrated the third Monday of February. The first president of the United States was born on February 22, 1732.
ReplyDeleteIn today's world this day has a few characteristics that come with it. It is usually noted with lower sale prices where people go out and buy cars. It has also been known as a day without any mail.
The reall important thing about President's day is remembering the great presidents of our country. George Washington made huge sacrifices during the American Revolution against the British. Abraham Lincoln was also a very good president because he helped this country through the Civil War and he also gave his life to his country. Theodore Roosevelt also did many good things to help his country such as conservation of land and helping out the "little man."
presidents day is the same month of Washingtons birthday and abrahams. 1968 was the year when legal terms were though of for this day in the 1980 came the thought of moving the day between both the presidents birthdays.
ReplyDeleteWashington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is also commonly known as Presidents Day. The federal holiday was originally implemented by the United States Congress in 1880 for government offices in the District of Columbia and expanded in 1885 to include all federal offices. As the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen, the holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday.
ReplyDeletePresidents' Day dates back to our founding father and first President, George Washington. Washington was born on February 22, 1732. On his birthday in 1796, when Washington was in his last full year as president, the day became the holiday known as Washington's Birthday. However, Americans didn't observe this holiday until 1832, 100 years after his birth.
ReplyDeleteAbraham Lincoln was the next President to gain reverence similar to Washington. Born on February 12, 1809, Lincoln's birthday was first celebrated in 1865, the year after he was assassinated. Although his birthday was not honored as a federal holiday like Washington's, many states adopted it as a legal holiday.
In 1968, Congress passed legislation placing any federal holiday on a Monday, including Washington's birthday, to create a three-day weekend. In 1971, President Richard Nixon combined Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays into Presidents' Day. It would be celebrated on the third Monday in February, regardless of which day it fell on. Presidents' Day is now viewed as a holiday that pays tribute to both Washington and Lincoln, as well as all those who have served as president.
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Washington's Birthday is the official name designated to what many of us know as President's Day. During the month of February the birthday of two of our greatest President's takes place. Both George Washington who was born on Feb. 22nd and Abraham Lincoln born on Feb. 12th. http://www.patriotism.org/presidents_day/
ReplyDeleteAll states celebrate a version of President's Day, but names and honorees vary depending on location. Many states have expanded the holiday to honor other presidents who were born or raised in their state. In Virginia, the holiday is known just as George Washington Day, while Massachusetts honors all the presidents that have hailed from that state with Presidents Day. Alabama celebrates Washington and Jefferson Day while many other states, including California, hold President's Day as a federal holiday and celebrate Lincoln's birthday as a state holiday. Regardless of what state, President's Day or its equivalent is a special holiday designed to honor and remember the leaders of the United States and their contributions to creating the country it is today. http://www.life123.com/holidays/more-holidays/february-holidays/why-do-we-celebrate-presidents-day.shtml
U.S. Presidents Day is officially known as Washington's Birthday. It is a federal holiday in the United States. As the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen, the holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday, February 22. On January 1, 1971 the federal holiday was shifted to the third Monday in February by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. In 2010, Presidents Day falls on February fifteenth. Although it has become known as a great weekend for sales, especially on cars, there's a lot more to the holiday. We celebrate it to honor two of our greatest presidents, Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. We should get out of school, too. =]
ReplyDeleteIt is a federal holiday in the United States on the third Monday of February. This is celebrated because Americans celebrate the excellent leadership of the Presidents of the United States.
ReplyDeleteThe origins of presidents day is that it is washingtons birthday. It is celebrated to honor 2 of our presidents abe lincoln and george washington.
ReplyDeleteTitled Washington's Birthday, the federal holiday was originally implemented by the United States Congress in 1880 for government offices in the District of Columbia and expanded in 1885 to include all federal offices.
ReplyDeleteThe first attempt to create a Presidents Day occurred in 1951 when then the "President's Day National Committee" was formed by Harold Stonebridge Fischer of Compton, California, who became its National Executive Director for the next two decades.
Presidents day is celebrated on the third monday of the month of February. It is officially known as "Washingtons birthday" but later became known as Presidents day. It was started to celebrate our first president birthday but now it honors all of the past presidents and what they have done.
ReplyDeletePresidents day was first celebrated as George Washington's birthday. Also President Lincoln was born on this day. It is celebrated on the third Monday in February. It is celebrated to honor not only two of our greatest leaders but all who have held the title of prsident.
ReplyDeletePresident's Day is officially known as Washington's Birthday, which ison the third Monday of February. In 1968, legislation was enacted that affected several federal holidays. One of these was Washington's Birthday, the observation of which was shifted to the third Monday in February each year. Some states do celebrate Presidents' Day as a state holiday, it has never been recognized at the federal level. On the national level, the third Monday of February is the official observance of Washington's Birthday.
ReplyDeleteIt's celebrated to remember the past President's. To honor Lincoln and Washington for being the greatest.
Presidents Day is officially known as Washington's Birthday. It is celebrated every year on the 3rd monday of February. President's Day is in honor of our first president George Washington.
ReplyDeletePresidents day is the official of Washington's birthday. Washington's birthday is feb. 22nd, and Lincoln's birthday is feb 12th. In 1968 the term Presidents Day came up for legal consideration but was shot down. American's didnt reconginize this date until 1832, nearly 100 years after Washington's birth. Presidents' Day is now viewed as a holiday that pays tribute to both Washington and Lincoln, as well as all those who have served as president. We celebrate this because we owe our presidents something for running our country. It would be a huge task to run this country with how the economy is doing right now.
ReplyDeleteIt is always on the third monday of February, and was started in 1880.It also is known as Washington's Birthday, for simplication purposes it too was moved to the third monday in February, by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. Even though his actual birthday is on February 22.
ReplyDeleteIt is celebrated as a federal holiday and most government workers take it off. When it originally began most businesses closed, but when more people called it President's Day, more and more businesses had sales on the day.
In my opinion, another reason why it is celebrated is that the government offices don't want the employees to complain or even sue because of not enough days off.
it is george washingtons b day it is the third monday of febuary and it is celebrated to honor past presidents
ReplyDeleteA day which originally was set to honor George Washington on his birthday in his last year of office on February 11th (but marked as February 22 later.) To pay honor to this first and revered President, this became an observance each year.
ReplyDeleteLater, Abraham Lincoln, also equally revered and born on February 12th, was also included in the celebration which merged into President's Day and was observed on the third Monday of February.
Washington's Birthday is the official name designated to what many of us know as President's Day. During the month of February the birthday of two of our greatest President's takes place. Both George Washington who was born on Feb. 22nd and Abraham Lincoln born on Feb. 12th.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Washington's birthday has been publicly celebrated since he was in office, before Abraham Lincoln was even born. Much of the debate over the name of the holiday springs from the fact that state's can follow their own holidays how they see fit and many of them chose to also honor Lincoln, calling the celebration President's Day.
It was in 1968 that the term President's Day came up for legal consideration in the Congress but was shot down, though the holiday was moved to fall between the two President's birthdays. Again in the 1980's there was a resurgence of the term with advertisers which solidfied the holiday name in American culture. Today, few Americans perfer to call the holiday Washington's Birthday in lieu of President's Day.
Presidents Day falls on February 15 this year. The history of Presidents Day started with honoring George Washingtons birthday. As the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen, the holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday, February 22. The federal holiday was shifted to the third Monday in February by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. Today, the February holiday has become well-known for being a day in which many stores, especially car dealers, hold sales. Until the late 1980s, corporate businesses generally closed on this day, similar to present corporate practices on Memorial Day or Christmas Day.
ReplyDeleteAll states celebrate a version of President's Day, but names and honorees vary depending on location. Many states have expanded the holiday to honor other presidents who were born or raised in their state.
Washington's Birthday is a United States federal holiday celebrated on the third Monday of February. It is also commonly known as Presidents Day (sometimes spelled as Presidents' Day or President's Day). As Washington's Birthday or Presidents Day, it is also the official name of a concurrent state holiday celebrated on the same day in a number of states.
ReplyDeleteTitled Washington's Birthday, the federal holiday was originally implemented by the United States Congress in 1880 for government offices in the District of Columbia (20 Stat. 277) and expanded in 1885 to include all federal offices (23 Stat. 516). As the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen, the holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday, February 22.[1] On 1 January 1971, the federal holiday was shifted to the third Monday in February by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act. This date places it between February 15 and 21, which makes the name "Washington's Birthday" a misnomer, since it never lands on Washington's actual birthday, February 22. A draft of the Uniform Holidays Bill of 1968 would have renamed the holiday to Presidents' Day to honor the birthdays of both Washington and Lincoln, but this proposal failed in committee and the bill as voted on and signed into law on 28 June 1968, kept the name Washington's Birthday.
The first attempt to create a Presidents Day occurred in 1951 when the "President's Day National Committee" was formed by Harold Stonebridge Fischer of Compton, California, who became its National Executive Director for the next two decades. The purpose was not to honor any particular President, but to honor the office of the Presidency. It was first thought that March 4, the original inauguration day, should be deemed Presidents Day. However, the bill recognizing the March 4th date was stalled in the Senate Judiciary Committee (which had authority over national holidays). That committee felt that, because of its proximity to Lincoln's and Washington Birthdays, three holidays so close together would be unduly burdensome. During this time, however, the Governors of a majority of the individual states issued proclamations declaring March 4 to be Presidents Day in their respective jurisdictions. Later on, the Washington's Birthday holiday would become known as Presidents Day.
By the mid-1980s, with a push from advertisers, the term "Presidents Day" began its public appearance.[2] Although Lincoln's birthday, February 12, was never a federal holiday, approximately a dozen state governments have officially renamed their Washington's Birthday observances as "Presidents Day", "Washington and Lincoln Day", or other such designations. However, "Presidents Day" is not always an all-inclusive term.
In Massachusetts, while the state officially celebrates "Washington's Birthday," state law also directs the governor to issue an annual Presidents Day proclamation honoring the presidents with Massachusetts roots: John Adams, John Quincy Adams, Calvin Coolidge, and John F. Kennedy.[3] (Coolidge, the only one born outside of Massachusetts, spent his entire political career before the vice presidency there. George H. W. Bush, on the other hand, was born in Massachusetts, but has spent most of his life elsewhere.)
Alabama uniquely observes the day as "Washington and Jefferson Day", even though Thomas Jefferson's birthday is in April.[4][5]
In Connecticut, Missouri and Illinois, while Washington's Birthday is a federal holiday, Abraham Lincoln's birthday is still a state holiday, falling on February 12 regardless of the day of the week.
In Washington's home state of Virginia the holiday is legally known as "George Washington Day."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington's_Birthday
President's Day was also George Washingtons Birthday! This day is February 15th and its always the 3rd monday of the month. Every state celebrates this day in honor of our presidents.
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