Presidents Day

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  2/19/2023
  

  From a Celebration of the First President to a Celebration of the Presidency

  Nothing, from the date to the name to the punctuation, has been straightforward in the celebration of Presidents' Day (which is officially observed by the federal government as Washington's Birthday), says biographer Alexis Coe. 

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• SOURCE: TIME
  2/11/2021
  

  Politicians Quote Abraham Lincoln a Lot. Historians Say They Don't Always Do His Words Justice

  by Olivia B. Waxman

  Kate Masur, Eric Foner, Manisha Sinha, Nina Silber and Thavolia Glymph describe the selective and deceptive quotings of Lincoln that have sprung up in this political climate and suggest some futher reading. 

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• SOURCE: USA Today
  2/16/20
  

  Go out and shop the Presidents Day sales. It's what George Washington would have done!

  by David Head

  Washington made fashionable purchases that shaped his sense of self and helped him think through the colonies' relationship with the mother country.

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• SOURCE: Alabama.com
  2/18/19
  

  Alabama omits Civil War leader Abraham Lincoln from Presidents Day holiday

  The reason for the Alabama variation stems from old grudges birthed in the Civil War.

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• 2-15-16
  

  On President’s Day Let’s Remember Lincoln for This

  by James Tuten

  His mercy.

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• 2-13-16
  

  Channeling George: On Friendship with the Opposite Sex

  by Thomas Fleming

  Reflections on George Washington, Valentine’s Day and Presidents Day.

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• SOURCE: The Atlantic
  

  When Presidents Day Was Bicycle Day

  Long before Washington's Birthday was marked by car sales, Americans celebrated their first president by pedaling.

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• 2-15-15
  

  “So Help Me God” and the Presidential Oath

  by David B. Parker

  Yet another legacy of the Cold War

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• 2-15-15
  

  The Secret of Abraham Lincoln’s Success as a Writer?

  by Rosemarie Ostler

  He had a reputation as a country bumpkin, but he knew his grammar inside out.

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• SOURCE: Wall Street Journal
  2-14-14
  

  What Would Lincoln Do?

  by Richard Brookhiser

  Modern-day leaders could learn a lot from our 16th president.

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• 2-17-14
  

  Is It Presidents Day or President's Day or Presidents' Day?

  by HNN Staff

  The bouncing apostrophe bespeaks a certain uncertainty.

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• 2-19-18
  

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