Presidents’ Day only dates from 1970 or so. Before that, we had separate celebrations for Lincoln’s birthday and Washington’s. By wrapping them into one, we end up remembering and celebrating neither. The idea of celebrating generic “Presidents” is in any case strange and vaguely authoritarian. “Lincoln’s Day” would fix that.
Presidents’ Day only dates from 1970 or so. Before that, we had separate celebrations for Lincoln’s birthday and Washington’s. By wrapping them into one, we end up remembering and celebrating neither. The idea of celebrating generic “Presidents” is in any case strange and vaguely authoritarian. “Lincoln’s Day” would fix that.