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Presidents Day Videoblog #2 Lincoln

Posted by Ken • February 1st, 2010 •

Honest Abe. The Railsplitter. The Great Emancipator. You know some of the basics and the legends. But check out this video to learn some of things you may not know, but should, about the 16th President.

Here’s a link to the Lincoln Birthplace National Park
http://www.nps.gov/ABLI/index.htm

This link is to the Emancipation Proclamation page at the National Archives:
http://www.archives.gov/exhibits/featured_documents/emancipation_proclamation/

  • odin63
    There is no federal holiday called Presidents' Day.

    I remember when the 1971 Uniform Monday Holiday Act moved the observance of Washington's birthday to the third Monday on February. I know a lot of people still think that the holiday was changed in either 1968 or 1971 to Presidents Day and was done to celebrate either Washington and Lincoln (whose birthday of 12 February was never a federal holiday, but was observed by many states), or to celebrate all presidents, but they are incorrect. The law simply moved the observed holiday of Washington's Birthday to the third Monday in February. The law did not rename or re-purpose the holiday.

    I refer anyone wanting to learn more about this to read the excellent article at http://www.archives.gov/publications/prologue/2... as well as the federal government’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM) official federal holiday list at http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/f... and to look up federal law Title 5 U.S. Code 6103 http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/5/usc_sec_05_... .
  • pfletch
    Great links! Thanks for the sleuthing.
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