Presidents’ Day
Technically it’s not Presidents’ Day, but Washington’s Birthday. In a 1971 speech by Richard Nixon, he referred to Washington’s Birthday as Presidents’ Day, perhaps because Lincoln’s birthday is also in February, or maybe he just wanted to feel included.
Some George Washington facts:
- The very first election was three and a half weeks long. He was elected in 1789 with 100% of the popular vote.
- He did not chop down a cherry tree
- Nor did he have wooden teeth
- George Washington was the only president not to live in the White House, it wasn’t completed until after his death
- Upon his death, Washington gradually emancipated his slaves, but was never politically outspoken against slavery. In fact, he signed two Fugitive Slave Acts (1793 and 1794) On the one hand, he is considered a benevolent slaveholder. He wrote about his moral opposition to slavery in letters, but as a Virginia planter, he also understood their central role in economic life. The result of emancipating slaves could lead to economic ruin, a risk Washington was unable or unwilling to take.
And I’ll just leave this right here:
Video courtesy Brad Neely, Creased Comics
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Dacia Mitchell is a writer and domestic warrior based in Oakland, CA. When she isn't co-hosting and slinging facts at #TWIBRadio, she's mashing her keyboard to complete her dissertation in American Studies at NYU. She tweets.
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Presidents Day, in a nation that has does not have a legally elected President is like mowing Artificial grass, making lemonade with Plastic lemons or eating Wax fruit. It doesn’t work because they are not real. What we have here is a pagan liberal holiday that mirrors the Emperor worship of the Imperial cults in ancient Rome.
George Washington’s birthday, his REAL birthday should be celebrated as he was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America. George Washington was a great man.
Hussein Obama is not even a Natural born American citizen. To put Obama in the same box with George Washington is like sprinkling sugar onto cheap imitation plastic grapes then feeding them to your children.
YEAH! OBAMA AIN’T EVEN AMERICAN! YEAH! LETS CELEBRATE A REAL AMERICAN! IMMA GO OUT AND BE REAL AMERICAN RIGHT NOW !
I made it through 2 mins of that video. Not sure I’ll trust anything Dacia posts again. Oh and…Freedom ain’t free! Or some such troll stuff.
Ha! But the ending is the best!