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Presidents Day: How Washington's birthday became a business bonanza
It's a day many Americans enjoy off from work and cash in on sales. The big picture: The way the holiday is celebrated has ...
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Washington’s Birthday celebrations were useful to both sides in Civil War, and huge in Cambridge
Washington’s Birthday has been largely forgotten as a distinct celebration, but its commemoration in Civil War-era Cambridge ...
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Presidents Day is federally recognized as Washington's Birthday. Here's why the name differs depending on your state
The federal government doesn't even recognize Monday as Presidents Day. It's officially Washington's Birthday, honoring the first president and the original American yardstick for measuring greatness.
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Community: Baton Rouge DAR celebrates George Washington’s birthday and the military
Celebrating the birthday of Founding Father George Washington brought together members of the Baton Rouge Chapter of the ...
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Laredo’s Washington’s Birthday Parade to feature LPD as marshal, Clydesdales leading the way
Downtown Laredo comes alive Saturday for the Anheuser-Busch Washington’s Birthday Parade, led by the Clydesdales.
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Save the date: George Washington Birthday Ball in SW Arkansas
SHREVEPORT, La. ( KTAL/KMSS) – A George Washington Birthday Ball will be held in a historic town in Southwest Arkansas in ...
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How Presidents Day has evolved from reverence to retail
Either way, Washington paid little attention to his birthday, according to Mountvernon.org, the website of the organization that manages his estate. Surviving records make no mention of ...
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Bill would make Trump's birthday a federal holiday
WASHINGTON - A republican congresswoman has launched an effort to designate Donald Trump’s birthday as a federal holiday. Rep ...