Washington’s Birthday Observed

Posted on February 17, 2019 by vanbraman

This morning in my Sunday newspaper bundle I saw ads for Presidents Day, President’s Day and Presidents’ Day. The same goes for commercials on TV, and also my different calendars.

However, one of the calendars has it right. Monday is Washington’s Birthday (observed).

For more about this see my post: President’s, Presidents’ or Presidents

So, here are a few of my wandering thoughts tonight.

President Washington, Washington's Birthday, President's Day - Marx Presidential FigureThe Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968 set the celebration of Washington’s Birthday on a Monday each year. However, we will get another chance to remember Washington on his actual birthday on Friday. Perhaps I will finally write that post about his service in Truro Parish.

On top of my computer I have a little Marx figurine of President Washington. He stands along with President Lincoln. They are my two favorite presidents.

Presidents Washington and Lincoln - Presidents' Day - Marx Presidential FigurinesThey are not in the best condition, especially Lincoln, but my grandma also liked these two presidents and I think she may have handled them a bit more than the others.

Marx President Figurines - Washington to Johnson - President's Day - Figurines - Grocery PromotionMy set of figurines has 35 presidents, ending with Johnson who is president number 36.

Is one missing?

George Washington, Washington's Birthday, Presidents' Day, HolidayWe should all know of course that George Washington was our first president and is know as the Father of the country.

Frank Andrea Miller Cartoon - General George Washington - Washington's Birthday - Valley ForgeHe is also well known as General Washington, the winter at Valley Forge and the crossing of the Delaware.

Cherry Orchard, Cherries, Cherry Harvest, ripe cherries, Central CaliforniaWe should also remember him when we see a cherry tree 🙂

I cannot tell a lie, he is one of my favorite presidents.

Steven

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Seen in the Newspaper

Posted on February 16, 2019 by vanbraman

Sometimes I just have to save interesting clippings from the newspaper.US Map, Paid Time Off, InfographIn January I saved a clipping that included this map. Disregard the dark splotches as they are from something on the back side of the page.

Paid Family Leave, Liberal Policies Map, Mouse over newspaperThe map was with an article about which states give paid family leave and it was no surprise to me as to which states are red on the map.

Mose over, family leave, newspaper gaffe, mistakeWhat really caught my eye was the instructions that they gave with the map.

What am I supposed to scroll over the map to find out the information? I tried scrolling my eyes different ways and still could not see how much paid time off each state offered.

Perhaps the editor was on paid family leave and the millennial temp filling in for the editor didn’t understand that it is not possible to scroll with your mouse while reading the print issue 🙂

Steven

 

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