President’s Day Weekend Open Thread 2023

This Monday we celebrate Presidents’ Day:

Presidents’ Day is an American holiday celebrated on the third Monday in February. Originally established in 1885 in recognition of President George Washington, it is still officially called “Washington’s Birthday” by the federal government. Traditionally celebrated on February 22—Washington’s actual day of birth—the holiday became popularly known as Presidents’ Day after it was moved as part of 1971’s Uniform Monday Holiday Act, an attempt to create more three-day weekends for the nation’s workers. While several states still have individual holidays honoring the birthdays of Washington, Abraham Lincoln and other figures, Presidents’ Day is now popularly viewed as a day to celebrate all U.S. presidents past and present.

We here take exception to the notion of including the so-called current POTUS in the Presidents’ Day celebration. Therefore, we shall instead celebrate President Lincoln as well as our former (and the real) president:

MAGA, Mr. President!

Happy belated birthday to President Lincoln:

And happy early birthday to our first president:

Enjoy your President’s Day holiday weekend.

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