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Tag: Presidents Day

Photo: “Happy Presidents’ Day” with special pie. Credit: https://depositphotos.com/home.html

Celebrating Washington’s Birthday: Presidential Food

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 19, 2024

To help celebrate Washington’s birthday on today, Presidents’ Day, Gena Philibert-Ortega provides recipes for you to prepare something special... (Read More)

Photo: a poster letting people know that no business will be conducted on Washington's Birthday (then celebrated on February 22), c. 1895. Credit: Edward Penfield; Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division.

3 Facts about Presidents’ Day That May Surprise You

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 20, 2023

Gena Philibert-Ortega clears up some confusion about today’s federal holiday: is it Washington’s Birthday or Presidents’ Day or President’s Day?.. (Read More)

Illustrations: "George Washington" by Gilbert Stuart, and "Abraham Lincoln" by George Peter Alexander Healy. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

3 Steps to Researching Your Presidential Ancestors

By Gena Philibert-Ortega on February 15, 2021

In this article, Gena Philibert-Ortega gives three tips for researching that family story saying you’re related to a U.S. president... (Read More)

1799 Newspaper Announcing Death of George Washington: Free Download!

By Thomas Jay Kemp on February 20, 2012

The old Colonial newspapers let us look back and see our country’s news as it happened. We get to see the early American history as it unfolded in our ancestors’ day. Imagine the utter shock in 1799 upon hearing the grim news that General George Washington was dead—America’s military leader during the Revolutionary War... (Read More)


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