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Celebrating George Washington's Birthday

There's no such thing as "President's Day"

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Ben Domenech
Feb 17, 2025
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We set aside the third Monday of this month to celebrate the birthday of the father of our country, George Washington. The third son of an unremarkable merchant planter who died when he was 11, George did not look as if he would amount to much in life, unable to pursue the formal education enjoyed by his older half-brothers. But he learned in his own wa…

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