{"id":9818,"date":"2018-02-20T00:48:07","date_gmt":"2018-02-20T04:48:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=9818"},"modified":"2018-02-20T00:48:07","modified_gmt":"2018-02-20T04:48:07","slug":"what-happened-to-washingtons-birthday-big-business-labor-unions-lobbied-congress-for-presidents-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/what-happened-to-washingtons-birthday-big-business-labor-unions-lobbied-congress-for-presidents-day\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened to Washington\u2019s Birthday? Big Business, Labor Unions Lobbied Congress for \u2018Presidents Day\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/a>John Trumbull<\/strong><\/h6>\n

Breitbart \/ Big-Government<\/strong>
\nby Penny Starr
\n2\/19\/2018<\/h3>\n

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Most Americans probably don\u2019t know that the\u00a0Uniform Monday Holiday Bill<\/a> that Congress passed and President Lyndon B. Johnson signed into law in 1968 is why we celebrate Presidents\u2019 Day on the third Monday in February.<\/em><\/h2>\n

That legislation changed the longstanding tradition of celebrating two exemplary American presidents\u2019 birthdays on separate days in February \u2014 the first president of the United States, George Washington, and the 16th president, Abraham Lincoln.<\/em><\/p>\n

The whole saga is documented on the National Archives website and reveals that the official federal Presidents\u2019 Day holiday was the result of lobbying by and the unusual partnership of big business and labor unions.<\/em><\/p>\n

The 2004 National Archive article, written by historian C. L. Arbelbide and titled \u201cBy George, it is Washington\u2019s birthday!\u201d explains<\/a> how Presidents\u2019 Day came to fruition in 1971:<\/em><\/p>\n

Before 1971, Washington\u2019s Birthday was one of nine federal holidays celebrated on specific dates, which\u2014year after year\u2014fell on different days of the week (the exception being Labor Day\u2014the original Monday holiday). Then came the tinkering of the Ninetieth Congress in 1968. Determined to create a uniform system of federal Monday holidays, Congress voted to shift three existing holidays to Mondays and expanded the number further by creating one new Monday holiday.<\/p>\n

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View the complete article including image, links and comments at:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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