This Day in History:, President Andrew
Johnson Is Impeached.
February 24, 1868.
Johnson assumed the
presidency after Lincoln's assassination.
He became the first U.S. president to be impeached.
11 articles of impeachment
were approved by the House of Representatives.
They arose from Johnson's
unpopular and racist post-Civil War
Reconstruction policies.
and the firing of Lincoln
appointed secretary of war,
Edwin Stanton.
Johnson's Senate impeachment
trial began on March 13.
He was not convicted, narrowly
escaping removal from office
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5 Things to Know About , Presidents Day.
Before you celebrate America's
past leaders this year on February 19.
here are 5 facts
about the holiday.
1. , Presidents' Day celebrates the birthday of America's first president, George Washington.
2. , It doesn't always fall on his official birthday, as it is recognized on February's third Monday.
3, Based on the Julian calendar, the National Archives states Washington was born on February 11, 1731.
When the Gregorian calendar began being used in 1752, his birthday was changed to February 22.
3, Some states also observe Abraham Lincoln's birthday, which is on February 12, as a holiday.
4, The federal government has never officially designated the holiday as "Presidents Day.".
It says that other names can be used
by states and local governments.
5, It is also a huge day for shoppers
and sales just like Black Friday
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Why Do We Celebrate, Presidents Day?.
1. , Presidents Day occurs on the
third Monday of February.
2, Originally, the holiday was meant to celebrate President George Washington's birthday. .
3. , In 1879, President Rutherford B. Hayes signed the observance of Washington's birthday into law.
4. , It was the first nationally recognized federal
bank holiday to celebrate the life of an American.
Martin Luther King Jr. Day
was the second.
5. , In 1932, the holiday was used to reinstate the
Purple Heart, which was created by Washington
to honor wounded or killed soldiers.
6. , President Richard Nixon changed the date of the
celebration in 1971 under the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.
The Act was an attempt to have more
federal holidays fall on Mondays.
7. , It also combined the celebration of Washington's birthday with Abraham Lincoln's birthday.
8. , By the 1980s, Americans began to refer to the holiday as "Presidents Day" because marketers used the terms to advertise sales over three-day weekends.
9, By the early 2000s, half of the U.S. changed the name to "Presidents Day" on their calendars.
10, Today, it is considered to be a patriotic day of celebrating presidents of the past and present
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This Day in History:, Abraham Lincoln Is Born.
February 12, 1809.
One of America’s most admired presidents,
Lincoln was born to a poor family in Hodgenville, KY.
He attended school for only one year,
but continued to read on his own in an
unending effort to improve his mind.
As a young man of 6'4," Lincoln impressed
others with his sheer physical strength
and was a legendary wrestler.
Before entering politics,
Lincoln performed a variety of jobs including
stints as a postmaster, surveyor and shopkeeper.
His folksy wit is thought to have helped
him hide intense, recurring bouts of depression
he experienced for most of his adult life.
Remembered as The Great Emancipator,
Lincoln was politically moderate
for much of his career.
His greatest legacy was his work to
preserve the Union and his signing
of the Emancipation Proclamation
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