The only person's birthday we celebrate as a national holiday is Martin Luther King's. The others we share.
What's that tell you?
Lincoln and Washington just don't fit in with modern trends. If the homosexuals could prove their ridiculous "Gay Abe" fable, we might see a new Lincoln holiday.
It tells me the homosexuals are going to demand MLK day be recruited into "civil rights" day since sexual behavior is the same as skin color under the law.
Actually, there are two whos birthdays are national holidays. And putting MLK on even footing with the One whose birthday we celebrate in December is even more telling
You forgot Columbus Day.
What's that tell you?
That Nixon should have predicted King Day when he combined Washington and Lincoln's Birthdays into President's Day?
hmmm, a lot. My parents always told me MLK was a communist. I just am stating, not accusing.
The MLK "holiday" is the only one I can't practically defer. It occurs in the final timecard period of the fiscal year. If my project responsibilities make it impossible to take the day off or my hours worked exceeds 80 for the time period, the company just pockets the "holiday" pay. There is no deferral because all unused "holiday" time is wiped off the books at the end of the fiscal year.
The day after Thanksgiving has been an official paid holiday at my current and all former employers for the last 30 years.
It tells us that PC has made everything out of kilter.