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Tag: Lincoln’s Birthday

Posted inConsumer, Uncategorized

In one Virginia city, a different kind of presidential debate

by Steve Crane Feb 16, 2016Feb 16, 2016

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Forget what all the sale ads say: When Congress voted 48 years ago to set a federal holiday on the third Monday of February, it rejected the name Presidents Day and stuck with Washington’s Birthday. But in Alexandria, Virginia, just up the Potomac River from George Washington’s Mount Vernon estate, they’re still […]

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