[Brian Griffin]

I’m perfectly fine with anything that can be celebrated with beer and food.

However, Lincoln’s Birthday celebrates the great emancipator and George Washington’s Birthday celebrates the man who led the fight that made us an independent and then great country.

All of this reminds me of my schoolboy youth and Jewish holidays. As a fan of B&H Photo knows and my classmates knew, Jewish holidays are plentiful, as were Catholic holidays long ago.

[Reno89519]

Yes, we need at least one national holiday each month. Most immediate is election day, the first Tuesday of each November. Then, maybe St. Patrick’s Day in March, Easter in April, ??? for August, and reaffirm COLUMBUS DAY in October.

[thegagline]

As a fan of B&H Photo

J&R, Crazy Eddie’s , and my favorite, all the long and narrow gray market electronics stores where all of the employees seemed to be related to each other. I miss haggling.

[hanamizu]

“However, Lincoln’s Birthday celebrates the great emancipator...”

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Lincoln’s birthday is not now nor has ever been a national holiday. When the idea came around to move Washington’s Birthday to the third Monday in February, many thought that both Presidents’ birthdays would be celebrated, hence ‘President’s Day’. But the official name of the February holiday in ‘Washington’s Birthday’.