• @bitchkat
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    11 month ago

    Because originally the holiday just celebrated the first US president, George Washington and then they consolidated into Presidents Day so they didn’t have plethora of Dead President Birthday holidays.

    • Flying Squid
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      21 month ago

      We had Washington’s Birthday and Lincoln’s Birthday both as holidays when I was a kid. Lincoln was born in November, so it wasn’t a perfect balance with February, but it was close enough to one.

      • @bitchkat
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        21 month ago

        Yeah and I think they collapsed into president’s day to avoid adding a day for Kennedy.