Happy Presidents' Day

On Presidents’ Day we celebrate the birthdays of George Washington (February 22, 1732) and Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809).

Did you know:

• The Mount Rushmore National Memorial features portraits of U.S. Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln. The sculpture is only about 60% done, though nearly 400 workers spent over 14 years on the project. Originally, the plan was to carve the figures from head to waist, but insufficient funding forced the carving to end.
• Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president (1861 – 1865), presided over the Civil War, where he never let the world forget the larger issue of the conflict: the abolition of slavery. In 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves within the Confederacy.
• George Washington earned the designation Father of His Country for his great leadership, both as Commander in Chief of the Continental Army and in unifying the new nation under a central government.