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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- mikaylaover 13 yearssup bro
- moshimonstesover 13 yearsnice
- Antonio10478over 13 yearsthose presidents look so fancy
- cupcake45over 13 yearswow there are so many presidents i cant even count ::)
iroc2012over 13 yearsSoooooooo many presidents!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
babykoalaover 13 yearsthat is so kool! i luv how each face switches to the other face really smoothely!
silvia27over 13 yearsThat's a lot of presidents- Eliover 13 yearsReally?35 presidents?
23chiarapover 13 yearsCOOL!- lilraff 6over 13 yearscool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!