http://www.northescambia.com/2022/02/schools-government-offices-closed-monday-for-presidents-day Local News for Molino, Bratt, McDavid, Century, Walnut Hill, Cantonment Mon, 06 Apr 2026 20:16:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.northescambia.com/2022/02/schools-government-offices-closed-monday-for-presidents-day/comment-page-1#comment-481592 Josh Jones Sun, 20 Feb 2022 14:33:03 +0000 http://www.northescambia.com/?p=469851#comment-481592 Fun fact: Presidents Day isn't the official name of the holiday; The Federal holiday is known as Washington's Birthday. It's the individual states which have declared the holiday as Presidents (or Presidents', or President's) Day. Over the years Congress has attempted to make the change from honoring just Washington to honoring the office of the presidency in general, but in it's typical fashion hasn't been able to muster enough support among its members. Fun fact:
Presidents Day isn’t the official name of the holiday; The Federal holiday is known as Washington’s Birthday. It’s the individual states which have declared the holiday as Presidents (or Presidents’, or President’s) Day. Over the years Congress has attempted to make the change from honoring just Washington to honoring the office of the presidency in general, but in it’s typical fashion hasn’t been able to muster enough support among its members.

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