George washington

• Many of us are off of work today, but are unaware of the true origin of this holiday.  Indeed, today is not Presidents' Day; it is the legal holiday to celebrate George Washington's birthday (his actual birthday is Wednesday).
(RedState)
• George Washington, celebrated today by federal holiday, was (of course) our first president.
(Huffington Post)
• After a strong close to last week–the Dow jumped by more than 150 points in the last two sessions–U.S. stock markets will have to wait until Tuesday to try to continue the positive momentum.
(Yahoo Finance)
• George Washington had only one natural tooth left when he was sworn in as the first president of the United States in 1789. He was 57. Contrary to myth, Washington's false teeth weren't wooden.
(Baltimore Sun)
• Portraying George Washington, George Moore of Newton talks with Noelle Gagnon, 4, of Portsmouth, who is dressed as a young Martha Washington Saturday at the American Independence Museum in Exeter.
(Union Leader)
• This year would not be a good year for ice cream. In fact, there would be none at all if we relied on the technique George Washington used at Mount Vernon, his Virginia estate thats perched on the banks of the Potomac River.
(NPR News)
• On this, what would have been George Washington's 279th birthday week, Americans will go about their business, a free people, without acknowledging – nor celebrating – the man whose toil on their behalf was measureless.
(RedState)
• DOYLESTOWN, Pa., Feb. 20, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- A detailed ink drawing of a clipper ship signed by George Washington has been discovered by Tom Lingenfelter of the Heritage Collectors Society.
(Yahoo Finance)
• Officially, today is Washington's Birthday. Abraham Lincoln and other presidents got in on the deal later. So let's give Washington his unadulterated due this time.
(Tacoma News Tribune)
• In 1879, Congress declared George Washingtons birthday a federal holiday. Then came the Uniform Monday Holiday Act of 1968. Washingtons Birthday was moved from Feb. 22 to the third Monday in February, and recast as Presidents Day.
(Fresno Bee)