president's day
German translation: 3rd Monday in February
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| na | 3rd Monday in February |
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| na | Presidents' Day or Presidents Day is the third Monday in February |
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3rd Monday in February Explanation: President's day is one of those moving holidays - it's the 3rd Monday in February. Both Lincoln's birthday (2/12), and Washington's birthday (2/22) are commemorated. And everybody gets a long weekend. HTH! |
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Presidents' Day or Presidents Day is the third Monday in February Explanation: uel's answer is 98% correct. Here are two linked sites with background info: http://www.usis.usemb.se/Holidays/celebrate/presiden.html http://www.computingcorner.com/holidays/Presday/Presday.htm You can see from the spelling on the official USIS "United States Information Service" site how unconcerned Americans are about the spelling rules we have to fight with every day. Because the holiday is intended to honor at least two, and according to Nixon's proclamation in 1971, all presidents, the word "President" must for sure be plural, i.e. "Presidents". From there on opinions are divided. Some say that because it is their day then the word "Presidents" must also be made possessive, i.e. "Presidents'". Others say that not even presidents are allowed to own a day. They believe the third Monday in February is a day on which "Presidents" are to be honored. Soooooooooooo, either "Presidents" or "Presidents'" is acceptable but definitely not "President's" or "President". This semi-official site shows only "Presidents'" http://suvcw.org/flag.htm I have not been able to find anything really definite about which plural form is "official". HTH - Dan |
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