Presidents' Day 2016

I can remember
celebrating the birthdays
of Washington and Lincoln
in February.

I grew up in an era when we didn't need a three day holiday to celebrate the presidents of the United States. We would celebrate the birthdays of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln on separate days by learning about the men or their presidencies in class if those dates fell on a weekday. If the dates fell on a Saturday or Sunday then the class would learn about them on either Friday or Monday, but they weren't combined into one day and, I don't remember, taking the day off from school unless it was a weekend.

On Presidents' Day
the third Monday in February
we celebrate all
United States Presidents
and remember their contributions
to history.