I don't get why people are off for MLK day but not for Abe Lincoln's B-day when he was responsible for freeing the slaves?
2007-02-17 15:58:57 · 20 answers · asked by doc_phibz 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Other - Holidays
I've noticed Pres. day is a popular responce...:( I don't get off for president's day
2007-02-17 16:07:08 · update #1
Lincoln's birthday has been combined with Washington's birthday and is now "President's Day," a national holiday.
2007-02-17 16:02:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It depends on where you work/go to school.
Some school districts in the same town will still recognize Lincoln's, MLK's and Presidents' day but not on the exact days so that way all the kids aren't out at once. An example would be in my town. My brother got last Monday and this Monday off. I work for a different school district and we got last Friday and this Monday off {Hence a really cool 4 day weekend!! ☺ }.
If you work for a local/state/federal government or a bank you get all the holidays off even if the rest of the world doesn't.
Some people were saying that Lincoln's and Washington's Bdays were combined but on my calendar it says that Lincoln's Bday was last Monday and Presidents' Day is this Monday.
My theory is that someone in Washington figured that the rest of the presidents needed some recognition too and decided to use Washington's Bday to do it. If they messed with Lincoln's Bday, people in Illinois would get upset. {Well, it's just a theory anyway!}
2007-02-17 16:41:42 · answer #2 · answered by ♥☺ bratiskim∞! ☺♥ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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That's an interesting story. I am a constitutional scholar and would be interested in knowing where this passage may be found.
2007-02-17 16:18:09 · answer #3 · answered by Sgt Pepper 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think Lincoln's birthday is together with all the other Presidents on Presidents' Day. I guess because Lincoln and Washington were born too close together. Too bad one of them, or even MLK Day, wasn't born in, say, March.
2007-02-17 16:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The US constitution only allows a certain number of national holidays.So they combined Washington and Lincolns birthdays to make Presidents day.That opened up the the spot for MLK day.
2007-02-17 16:06:48 · answer #5 · answered by Charles P 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It took too long for Lincoln's emancipation proclamation to be honored by the government to a satisfactory degree for blacks , especially by comparison with the time it took for MLK's movement to get the civil rights act of 1965 signed and for significant change to develop . So that's why it became popular to honor King over Lincoln , even though he laid the groundwork for the eventual and most significant ever , level of freedom for blacks in America .
2016-02-03 11:43:01 · answer #6 · answered by Doug 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's about those people specifically, it's really about the convienience of those days being taken off or not.
However, let's remember that while Lincoln was a wonderful president, he didn't free slaves just for the sake of freeing them... there were vast political and national reasons for it. If there had been no benefit (other than the freedom of thousands of people) he wouldn't have done it...
2007-02-17 16:04:16 · answer #7 · answered by Tiff 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i do no longer think of it relatively is a party of one over yet another. many roles do no longer decide to characteristic the greater trip in, so they elect one. MLK day grow to be an afternoon that many human beings have been already beginning up even earlier it became a countrywide trip. I by no ability heard of persons relatively having a particular place of their hearts for President's Day. additionally, I stay in a city the place there are hundreds of MLK provider initiatives occurring right this moment. i do no longer understand of any President's Day initiatives. Sorry. My activity does not provide us any of those days. in case you sense such as you prefer to rejoice President's Day, then take the day your self and be conscious it even though you sense.
2016-10-15 22:07:36 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
because you are too young to remember when Lincolns b day and Washington's b day were 2 separate holidays and there was no mlk holiday cuz he was still alive.. now in the south Lincoln b day wasn't a day off from school but Jefferson Davis day was...
2007-02-17 16:05:30 · answer #9 · answered by cat17 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I don't get off for MLK day, and I do get off for a day to celebrate Lincoln's & Washington's B-Day together.
Where do you work?
2007-02-17 16:05:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋