Originally Posted By: SC
Originally Posted By: klydon1
Presidents' Day is a federal holiday falling on the third Monday of February. This was based on George Washington's birthday of Feb. 22. I think it has been subsequently used by many states to bserve all presidents.


I always thought that Presidents' Day was designated as such because it was halfway through Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays.

I remember as a kid when both were separate holidays.

A little off topic - I used to collect coins as a kid. I had LOTS of 1909 pennies (the first year that Lincoln appeared on them in observance of his centennial birthday). Now, you never see anything like that... it's very rare to see even the "wheat" penny anymore.


I used to have a silver penny, I think from 43.



Long as I remember The rain been coming down.
Clouds of Mystery pouring Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, Trying to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain.