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Slide2: Title: Presidents’ Day in America
By C Bohannon-Brown
PEN # 2920
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Slide3: Copyright 2008
Slide4: We celebrate Presidents’ Day every
third Monday in February.
Slide5: We honor President George Washington and President Abraham Lincoln on that day. George Washington Abraham Lincoln
Slide6: George Washington was the first (1st) President of the United States.
Slide7: Abraham Lincoln was the sixteenth (16th)
President of the United States.
Slide8: George Washington was born on February 22, 1732.
Slide9: Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809.
Slide10: Before 1971, people celebrated these
birthdays on different dates. Washington’s Birthday Lincoln’s Birthday
Slide11: It was in 1971 that George Washington and Abraham Lincoln were honored on the first Presidents’ Day.
Slide12: Since 1971, people have celebrated these birthdays on the third Monday in February. 24 31 Presidents’ Day
Slide13: Today, some people celebrate all American Presidents on Presidents’ Day.
Slide14: Presidents’ Day: What Does it Mean?
http://usparks.about.com/library/weekly/aa021499.htm
The History Place: George Washington Picture Gallery
http://www.historyplace.com/unitedstates/revolution/wash-pix/gallery.htm
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/gw1.html
President Abraham Lincoln Pictures
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/civil-war/1861/april/
abraham-lincoln-biography-picture.htm
http://lincolnstore.com/page5.html
http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/presidents/al16.html
http://www.sonofthesouth.net/slavery/abraham-lincoln/
abraham-lincoln-pictures.htm
Portraits of All United States Presidents (through 2008)
http://www.americanpresidents.org/gallery/