presidents

Today is the actual birthday of George Washington, even though it was celebrated on Monday, February 18th as part of Presidents' Day. I remember back when I was a kid at Miller School in Utica, we got Lincoln's  (February 12th) and Washington's birthday off separately.

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Today is a holiday for some, being the observance of Presidents' Day. Government offices are closed, schools are closed,  no regular mail delivery, and most financial institutions are closed. And for some school districts, it's Presidents Week or Mid Winter Break, with the whole week off. Just how did Presidents' Day come about?

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They both rose to the top in their fields but, oh, were those fields different! Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States, the most powerful man in the world, while Al Capone was the most famous criminal in American history and the most powerful man in the underworld. What do these two legendary figures have in common?

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George Washington is known as "the father of  our country" and served as the first President of the United States. He is immortalized in statues across the country and is one of the four famous faces on Mount Rushmore.  Now, according to the Sioux City Journal, a Nebraska women claims that she has a Chicken McNugget that bears an unmistakable resemblance to the "Scion of Mount Vernon" and she hoping to cash in. Does she have a case? See for yourself.

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As holidays go, Thanksgiving sure has its share of odd traditions. Live parades with lip-synched musical numbers! Mincemeat pies and Jell-O molds! Grandma Ruthie removing her dentures at the dinner table! Not even the President of the United States is spared his share of the inanity. C

The Frog Days of Summer have been filled with a number of celebrity birthdays, and even our current president. Well, today happens to be our 42nd president's birthday - Bill Clinton is 65 years old today.

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