Comments on: All the Presidents… President’s… Presidents’… meh, whatever.

By: Glen McGuffin

Glen McGuffin — Wed, 21 Feb 2007 17:11:19 +0000

Used to get holidays off for both Lincoln’s and washington’s BD. Now schools are ff only on President’s day. Cheap trick.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:19:49 +0000

Washington’s birthday is the 22nd. That’s off nine days from what?

Anywho, my chief complaint is that I have to work today. I need to move back to CA where you get more holidays.

I have to assume that my company doesn’t mind me reading mental_floss during my lunch break, right?

By: Bill T.

Bill T. — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 19:53:38 +0000

I would have figured it to be Presidents Day. No possessive required – like Groundhog Day, Flag Day, Martin Luther King Day, etc. The day is set aside to honor its namesake, not because it belongs to them.

By: Howie Modell

Howie Modell — Mon, 19 Feb 2007 17:33:33 +0000

If we’re going to strict about it, it should be “Presidents’ Day”. I can’t recall exactly when it happened (other than ‘within my lifetime’) but today is supposed to celebrate both Washington’s birthday and Lincoln’s. They were combined into one to make the “Monday Holiday”