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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 ...
Washington lawmaker wants to redesign state flag
A partisan fight over whether Washington's flag truly represents the state in the best way it could is brewing in Olympia, ...
Newsday5d
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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George has his day, and so does Abe. But states honor US presidents in lots of ways
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 ...
Laredo Police announce safety measures for Washington’s Birthday Parade
The Laredo Police Department and the WBCA are announcing safety measures ahead of this week's upcoming parades.
How George Washington’s birthday became a national holiday
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. And yet the nation is once again commemorating ...
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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 ...
Washington lawmakers debate removing first president from state flag. Critics call the move ‘un-American’
Democrats sponsoring the bill to remove Washington’s image from the state flag say he has “limited historical connection to ...