Celebration of Washington and Lincoln's birthdays combined

Post #196,116 by Steven A S 2/23/05 2:46:14 PM Reply	Celebration of Washington and Lincoln's birthdays combined and like the others have said, it's mostly an excuse for government workers to have an extra day off. Lucky for me government workers includes military folks. ~~~)-Steven---- "I want you to remember that no bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country..." General George S. Patton
Post #196,127 by jbrabeck 2/23/05 3:34:00 PM Reply	Ditto the lucky for me As contractor, I get Govt holidays also. But lose on days like "Turkey overdose recovery day" A good friend will come and bail you out of jail ... but, a true friend will be sitting next to you saying, "Damn...that was fun!"
Post #196,236 by a6l6e6x 2/24/05 5:08:01 PM Reply	The birthdays were combined when Martin Luther King, Jr's... birthday was made a holiday. The Lincoln birthday had been celebrated on Feb 12 and Washington's on Feb 22. Naturally there were folks that made sure the total number of holidays in a year didn't increase. Alex The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #196,239 by Another Scott 2/24/05 5:15:30 PM Reply	Eh? [link\|http://www.elivermore.com/calendar/calendar.htm\|Calendar] (reformatted): President's Day Third Monday of February Observance of Lincoln's and Washington's birthdays. These were celebrated separately as federal holidays until 1971, when they were combined as President's day. [link\|http://www.imahero.com/readingprogram/martinlutherking.html\|MLK Day]: On November 3, 1983, President Ronald Reagan signed the bill establishing the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday. The King Holiday was first observed on January 20, 1986. :-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #196,243 by a6l6e6x 2/24/05 5:44:48 PM Reply	You're right for Federal holidays. I must be remenbering state holidays. [link\|http://www.snopes.com/holidays/presidents/presidents.asp\|Snopes]: Although Lincoln's Birthday had never been designated as a federal holiday, it was observed as a state holiday in many parts of the country. However, after additional federal holidays were created for Columbus Day and the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (in 1971 and 1986, respectively), some states dropped the observance of Lincoln's Birthday as a separate holiday in order to maintain a fixed number of paid holidays per year. Alex The trouble with the world is that the stupid are cocksure and the intelligent are full of doubt. -- Bertrand Russell
Post #196,245 by Another Scott 2/24/05 5:59:00 PM Reply	I have a dim recollection of things like that. Thanks.

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