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Monday Mumblings Contemplates Millard Fillmore
Today we celebrate Presidents' Day in the US. We used to celebrate George Washington's birthday on the 22nd of February. Lincoln's was the 18th, but never an official holiday. We all know George Washington crossed the Delaware River in order to defeat the British and become our first President*, so I suppose it was fitting that nearly 200 years later we stole the idea of the Monday bank holiday from the British and moved the celebration to the third Monday in February. We now call the holiday Pr...
2/21/2011 4:32:15 PM
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