Video Of The Week - Happy Presidents' Day
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While for most of us Presidents' Day means enjoying a three day weekend, there is more to it than meets the eye. Celebrated on the third Monday of February, the day is intended to honor all American presidents, especially our founding father George Washington and the president who helped reshape our country - Abraham Lincoln.
Prior to 1968, both the Presidents had their own birthday celebrations - February 12th for Abraham Lincoln and February 22nd for George Washington.
In 1968, the 90th Congress decided to streamline Federal holidays and combined the two celebrations by calling it Presidents' Day - The law went into effect in 1971 and since then the third Monday of February has been a holiday to honor all our awesome presidents. In case you cannot recall who they were, below is entire line up.
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liljay18over 13 yearsI love how they made the faces change into other presidents faces...- crustycrabpizzaover 13 yearsi loved the viedo and article !
kimpossible12over 13 yearsHow come we only celebrate a few of the president's birthdays? Aren't they important too?- crustycrabpizzaover 13 yearsShowed all the presidents.
- kimpossible12over 13 yearsThe song to this video was really passionate! I like the sound of the violin in the background!
- Emanuelover 13 yearsThis is very informational
- Emanuelover 13 yearsThis is very informational.
- andrea-jwowover 13 yearsThe song was very interesting
- crustycrabpizzaover 13 yearsi love how the faces changed but at the same time did'nt
- andrea-jwowover 13 yearsI thought that it was a good thing of celebrating George Washington Birthday by having a day off and having one special day for him