Today is what used to be celebrated in this country as Lincoln's Birthday bcause Abraham Lincoln, 16th president of the United States from 1861 to 1865, was born on this date in the Year Of Our Lord 1809 in a log cabin in Kentucky, but the anniversary of his birth now receives scant attention, if any in the media and among the populace. How soon we forget. I mean come on, people, he did free the slaves.
In addition, the birthday of George Washington, first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen, used to be observed on February 22nd. But both Lincoln and Washington have been relegated to the ash heap of history and replaced in our national conscience and calendar by something called Presidents Day that occurs on the third Monday of February so that federal employees could have yet another three-day weekend. That's not according to me, that's according to Lyndon Baines Johnson. This year the date is February 17th and all US presidents will be remembered as great citizen-patriots, every last one of them, or so we are encouraged to think.
This post is (a) deadly serious, (b) mildly iconoclastic, (c) excuciatinly accurate, (d) a pathetic attempt at humor (British, humour). Pick one.
Could I pick more than one?
ReplyDeleteIn the hope that it will help improve relations between the US and Canada, yes. Thank you, Red.
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