  February 21, 2006 > Presidents' Day  Presidents' Day  by Linda
Stone  While you were shopping, looking for those red tags sales
over the three-day weekend did you ever stop to think why you
were enjoying that Monday off? After all it's not just any
Monday, it's Presidents' Day.  Passed in 1968, Public Law 90-363
changed the legal observance of George Washington's birthday
from February 22 to the third Monday in February. Since Abraham
Lincoln's birthday is on February 12, many states have chosen to
combine the two events into Presidents' Day.  The first
president, George Washington, is considered the founding father
of the United States. He was the only president elected
unanimously by 63 electoral votes, on April 30, 1789, when he
stood on the balcony of Federal Hall to take his oath of office.
He led the army in the American War of Independence and helped
write the Constitution outlining laws and rights for U.S.
citizens.  Born in 1732, Washington was a son of a gentleman
farmer in Virginia where he grew