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Old 02-20-2024, 07:00 AM
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Originally Posted by merrymini View Post
It is my understanding that the southern states would not allow a bill to celebrate Lincoln’s birthday, so honoring all our presidents on Washington’s birthday would cover him. The fact that states behave like petulant children to deny such a great president this honor says more about them then it does about Lincoln.
Some states have created a state holiday that they call President's Day, but not Florida. In fact, Florida doesn't even recognize the Federal holiday and the libraries were open yesterday. The Federal holiday is called Washington's Birthday. But many people, including the national news media, seem to believe that the Federal holiday is called Presidents Day. It's not.