From Commemoration to Consumerism

Honoring George Washington takes a backseat to retail sales.

Let's be honest. Not every President deserves to be honored, but one most certainly does.

George Washington.

In 1879, Congress declared Washington's Birthday, February 22, a federal holiday - the first federal holiday created to honor an individual's birthday. Nearly a century later, in 1971, the "Uniform Monday Holiday Law" shifted the holiday to the thi…