http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/abraham-lincoln-was-born-on-this-day-in-1809/ Defending Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness Sun, 19 May 2013 18:04:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/abraham-lincoln-was-born-on-this-day-in-1809/#comment-10506 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 07:09:18 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=17639#comment-10506 I appreciate people’s desire for occasional 3-day weekends, but we end up forgetting the reason for the holiday in the first place. Our two most revered presidents deserve a little thought.

]]> http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/2011/02/12/abraham-lincoln-was-born-on-this-day-in-1809/#comment-10502 Thu, 23 Feb 2012 05:43:56 +0000 http://americanelephant.wordpress.com/?p=17639#comment-10502 My childhood school days were spent in the state of illinois, before there was a President’s Day holiday. We always had Lincoln’s birthday off but never Washington’s birthday.

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