Posts Tagged ‘Lincoln’
History of Presidents Day: More than just Washington and Lincoln?
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF PRESIDENTS DAY Part of the series on America 250, the US Semiquincentennial Podcast version uring my lifetime, two American holidays were consolidated into one. In 1971, a day between Lincoln’s Birthday on February 12 and Washington’s Birthday on February 22 became a single holiday, Presidents Day. celebrated this year on Monday, February…
Read MoreHistory of the Gettysburg Address
Reading Time: 3 minutesHISTORY OF THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS Abraham Lincoln, on November 19, 1863, began his address in Gettysburg: Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. With only nine more sentences, he dedicated a new…
Read MoreHistory of Presidents’ Day
Reading Time: 2 minutesHISTORY OF PRESIDENTS’ DAY During my lifetime, two American holidays got consolidated into one. In 1971, both Lincoln’s Birthday (February 12) and Washington’s Birthday (February 22) became a single Federal holiday, Presidents’ Day to be observed on the third Monday in February, to honor all the past presidents of the United States. Both Washington’s and…
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