Factoids in honor of yet another holiday this month- I’m sorry but I have to say, you’re a teensy bit greedy February. You could learn something from August…a little humility would do you wonders:
- Today is NOT actually President’s Day, it’s officially Washington’s Birthday. There was an attempt in ’68 to rename the holiday but it didn’t pass the committee….oh yeah committee?! Who are you to tell us what we can and cannot call our holidays?! Screw you committee we ignore you, you, dream killing committee you. It will always be President’s Day to me.
- “Almost every year since 1888, Washington’s Farewell Address has been read in the US Senate. While this does not happen on Presidents’ Day, it is an annual celebration of Washington’s Birthday that stems from 1862 when…” Notice the part highlighted in Red, I found a website that listed President’s Day Trivia and this was #6. This is the least excited holiday ever, it’s actually kind of embarrassing.
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“Traditionally, many celebrated and continue to celebrate Washington’s Birthday with desserts made with cherries. Cherry pie, cherry cake, bread made with cherries, or just a huge bowl of cherries are often enjoyed on this day.” This was #4. No one has ever done this, ever. I feel bad for President’s Day.
Seeing this vein of blog worthy factoids drying, I switched up my game plan. I surfed for Presidential info and found these little nugs, I hope if you summarized my life in 10 sentences or less it would be slightly more stimulating:
- Ulysses Simpson Grant: “Rare steak nauseated him.”
- Rutherford Birchard Hayes: “Mrs. Hayes, Lucy Ware Webb, was known as “Lemonade Lucy” because she refused to serve alcohol in the White House.”
- Calvin Coolidge: “He averaged nine hours of sleep a night and took afternoon naps from two to four hours.”
Yeah that’s all I got, seriously worst federally recognized holiday ever, August has it right. No matter, go out there my fellow American’s and buy a mattress.
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Darby
OK…so the normal signs of Presidents Day are increasingly loud car commercials, increasingly louder commercials for most anything and increasingly ruder traffic in North Conway. And this year, a *decreasing* number of snow machine trailers. There’s a lot of heavy metal in NH just sitting in the dooryards….
One thing that’s happened this year: as a direct descendant of a President who spent a few summers in Tamworth, I’ve had probably 8 Whole People wish me a Happy Presidents Day.
Grover Cleveland turns 175 on March 18th. ‘Tis a big one!!
Happy Presidents Day and Week. Hope you love your new car and new mattress and new towels and 2-4-1 dinners and all…
I too agree that it seems odd that people are cebetralig the death of person. Perhaps what it is being celebrated is not the death of a single person, though it appears that way, but the end of a bitter and painful chapter in American history. Could it be that people are cheering and celebrating that we have made it through to the other side, as better individuals who care more about what is truly important and that only positive things will begin to happen in and to this country?
I’m not sure if i agree with this. But other than that neat blog
Um.