[Verginius Rufus]

Washington's Birthday was a national holiday. Lincoln's Birthday was never a national holiday (only a state holiday in some states). When Congress voted to move holidays to the closest Monday, Nixon called Washington's Birthday "Presidents Day" (probably intending to honor both Washington and Lincoln) but it is still Washington's Birthday.

Of course Presidents like the idea that the holiday is meant to honor all of the Presidents, including the half who were below average.

Can you imagine what the delegates to the Constitutional Convention would have thought if they had been able to see what the Presidency would become? Even as recently as Harry Truman, the office was much less grandiose--Truman would travel by train to go home to Missouri.

Things began to go downhill when the country started electing Presidents who were not born in Virginia.

[fortheDeclaration]

So we can thank that nitwit Nixon for this mess.

That man was one of the worst Presidents in history!