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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- willover 13 yearsvery impresive video!
- andrea-jwowover 13 yearsi like this article it talked about all the president of the United States
- willover 13 yearsI like the slide show how their faces look similiar as the presidents change!
bridgey-booover 13 yearsthis is kinda confusing, but its cool! :)
kimpossible12over 13 yearsI like how this video educates us, young people, with information of our past presidents!- kimpossible12over 13 yearsI like how this video educates us by telling us information about the prseidents!
jesus1997over 13 yearsIt was suprising how many president we have had over these years.
lexi00over 13 yearspresidents day was fun and i know most of the presidents!- Renaover 13 yearsCool
plankton210over 13 yearsThis awesome I never knew all the presidents. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)