Why do we celebrate Presidents' Day?

Yesterday, the Unites States celebrated the Federal holiday called Presidents' Day. The holiday, created in 1880, almost 100 years after his presidency, by the United States Congress, was created to honor the first President of the United States, George Washington. The holiday was called Washington's Birthday and was appropriately celebrated on Washington's real birthday, February 22nd. It wasn't until 1971, when Congress decided to move this national holiday to its present day, which is the third Monday of February.Washington's Birthday falls just ten days after another famous President's birthday. A man who was pivotal in the abolishment of slavery-President Abraham Lincoln. Abe Lincoln ,the 16th President of the United States, was born on February 12, 1809. Although Lincoln's birthday is not considered a national holiday, some states in the US have declared his birthday a state holiday. In the mid-90's, New York state decided to give their students the entire week off to celebrate both Lincoln and Washington's birthday.

Vocab

Federal- national
Presidency- job of president
Appropriately-suitable for the occasion
National- relating to, belonging to, representing, or affecting a nation, especially a nation as a whole rather than a part of it or section of its territory
Abolishment – the outlawing of something

Slavery – system based on enslaved labor

New Year's Day is a __________ holidays.

The __________ court system is called the Supreme Court.

_________ ended when Lincoln gave the Gettysburg Address.

Northerners were for the___________ of slavery, while the southern were not.

I was dressed __________ for the ball because I won a long gown.

Grammar Point-

Every sentence has a verb. A verb is a word that expresses action. It tells the reader what the subject of the sentence is doing. Read through the above post again and pick out the different verbs.