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December 23
On this day in 1783, the most powerful man in the Western Hemisphere, the Commander-in-Chief of the Army of the United States who had achieved independence from Britain, the world’s strongest superpower, voluntarily surrendered his sword and his title to the Continental Congress in Annapolis, Maryland. He returned to his home in Mount Vernon, Virginia, expecting to live a quiet farm life. His plans were derailed a few years later when he was …Read more 
March 21 March 21, the birth of spring, is also the birth of Mexico’s greatest leader, Benito Juarez.
On this day in 1806 Benito was born to poor Amerindian peasants in the mountains of Oaxaca. His parents died when he was three and Benito spent his youth working the corn fields and shepherding local flocks. At age 12 he left the mountain village for the city of Oaxaca to live with a sister and work …Read more That’s no typo. For most of U.S. history, March 4th was one of the most important dates of the year…at least every four years. From George Washington’s second term to Franklin D. Roosevelt’s first term, March 4th was Inauguration Day. Washington didn’t make it in time to his first inauguration in 1789…he mozied in on April 30 that year, but for every presidential election thereafter up through FDR in 1933, the inauguration took place on March 4. (Or March 5.) 
Actual birthday: February 22? Observed: 3rd Monday in February George Washington’s birthday is observed on the third Monday in February. Since the third Monday falls between Lincoln’s and Washington’s birthdays, many people celebrate it as Presidents’ Day. But the federal holiday’s name was never officially changed. It is still ‘Washington’s Birthday Observed’ even if it is commonly referred to as ‘Presidents Day’ by state legislatures and mattress stores alike. (Flags George served) (1700s Union Jack; early …Read more 
(Washington Statue by Horatio Greenough)
Was George Washington elected unanimously?
Actually the tallies of the first presidential election in 1789, submitted …Read more 
February 12 If I were two-faced, would I be wearing this one? Abraham Lincoln
There are only two Americans remembered with a federal holiday: George Washington and Martin Luther King Jr. That’s right, Abe Lincoln, considered by many to be America’s greatest President, didn’t make the cut. It’s true that many states celebrate ‘Presidents Day’ in honor of both Washington and Lincoln, while others celebrate Lincoln’s Birthday separately. But on the national level …Read more |
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