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To: TexConfederate1861

When Iworked for the state in the 80s we got CHD off. Then along came MLK day. For a while they combined the two... (chuckle)


63 posted on 01/19/2006 2:14:10 PM PST by Flavius Josephus (Ahmedi-nijad: Make Your Time.)
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To: Flavius Josephus

Virginia did the same thing for a while...the third Monday in January was "Lee-Jackson-King Day." I'm not sure if it still is, or if the pressure groups finally succeeded in getting the Lee-Jackson dropped from the holiday. Lee-Jackson Day (a state holiday) had traditionally been the third Monday in January for many years before, so the two holidays were logically combined.

}:-)4


75 posted on 01/19/2006 2:20:57 PM PST by Moose4 ("I will shoulder my musket and brandish my sword/In defense of this land and the word of the Lord")
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