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【标准美音 Editorial】02-19-2012
President's Day

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President George Washington in an undated image courtesy of the National Portrait Gallery. REUTERS/National Portrait Gallery/Handout
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President's Day
George Washington
Abraham LincolnToday, February 20th, is President's Day in the United States, when Americans pause to honor their national leaders, beginning with the first president, George Washington.  
From the time of his death in 1799, his birthday, February 22nd, was marked unofficially. It formally became a national holiday in 1885. Over time, Americans also began honoring another great leader, Abraham Lincoln, whose February 12th birthday falls near Washington's. Official recognition of the two began in 1971, with a day honoring all presidents every year on the third Monday of the month.
Washington won lasting fame for leading Americans to victory in the war for independence from Britain.  His popularity was such that he could have made himself a king if he'd so chosen. Some of the officers in his army, impatient with the democratic process, urged him to do just that.
"Banish these thoughts from your mind," Washington said, "and issued a stern reprimand to those who made the suggestion.  He ordered the army disbanded, resigned his commission as commander-in-chief and retired to private life."