Who Knew?

If you are like the Unsavory Charlatans, you know plenty of people who work in some capacity for the Federal government. Well, imagine our suprise when we learned that for years, our friends and colleagues have been celebrating the WRONG holiday in February. For years, we have all enjoyed the "Presidents' Day Holiday" or the "Presidents' Day" sales, etc, and so on.
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Yep, you've guessed it - FOR YEARS, YOU HAVE BEEN WRONG. Now the Unsavory Charlatans are left wondering - who's on first? According to the U.S. Code and the Office of Personnel Management in Washington, DC. The holiday was and still remains - George Washington's Birthday. You can now consider yourself informed. Stop indulging in those President's Day Sales and go chop down a cherry tree, for good ole' George!

http://www.opm.gov/Operating_Status_Schedules/fedhol/2009.asp

Monday, February 16* Washington’s Birthday

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/5/6103.shtml
(a) The following are legal public holidays:
New Year’s Day, January 1.
Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr., the third Monday in January.
Washington’s Birthday, the third Monday in February.