I cannot tell a lie….

February 17, 2014 at 12:42 pm (By Ron)

I wish I had a rocks glass to hold this cherry and a true Old Fashioned…..Happy Presidents Day!

mockturtle said,

February 17, 2014 at 3:31 pm

:-)
wj said,

February 19, 2014 at 1:43 am

Of course, the “Presidents Day” name is, itself, a lie. Created because the South (via their members of Congress) refused to allow a holiday which included Lincoln explicitly. So they couldn’t just consolidate the birthday holidays for Washington and Lincoln (which most of the country already had) — who were the only ones who were both a) born in February, and b) Presidents that people were really interested in commemorating.

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