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President's Day

 

 

HAPPY PRESIDENT'S DAY 2002

Until 1971, both February 12 & February 22 were observed as federal holidays to honor the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln & George Washington

In 1971 President Richard Nixon proclaimed one single federal holiday, the Presidents' Day, to be observed on the third Monday of February, honoring all past presidents of the United States of America.

 

Abraham Lincoln's Birthday (February 12)
 
George Washington's Birthday (February 22)

Links for Washington & Lincoln & our other past presidents:

George Washington's Mount Vernon

Washington's Biography-White House site

Washington resource

The Lincoln Museum

Lincoln's Biography-White House site

AbrahamLincolnOnline.org

President's Day Quiz (True-False)

All Presidents

White House Presidential Biographies