President’s Day 2018
Posted By Kathleen David on February 19, 2018
I learned something today.
President’s day use to be called George Washington Day and was celebrated on February 22nd which is the day of Washington’s birth. Then in 1971 under the Uniform Monday Holiday act which gave federal workers 3 day weekends rather than specific calendar days off, it moved to Monday in celebration of both Lincoln (February 12th) and Washington’s birthdays. It was still called Washington’s Birthday but slid to President’s Day over the years.
Caroline has her winter break this week so she is home enjoying being home rather than traveling or in school.
We are in the ‘can I get it done’ part of our lives. I have several deadlines that some are hard deadlines and other soft deadlines. So I am off to being the long list of THINGS THAT MUST BE DONE! with breaks to spend time with my daughter.
I am grateful that Caroline had some time to regroup.
I remember having both Lincoln’s birthday and Washington’s birthday off of school. Did they not do that in Georgia? You’re only a few years younger than me so maybe it was a regional thing.
I remember that too, Elayne, and I didn’t start school until after 1971. (Not long after that, alas.)
And of course, saying that Washington’s birthday is on 2/22 also ignores the country shifting from the Julian calendar to the Gregorian. But that’s just getting picky. 🙂
We got Washinton’s birthday but not Lincoln but then parts of the south wasn’t particularly happy with Lincoln
We did get MLK day way before the rest of the country.