Holiday...39º

After one retires, holidays, weekends and other days of the week all run together...For those still working, Monday holidays seem to be a special treat...Many times the reason for these "special holidays" is forgotten and they are enjoyed as a mini vacation from the drudgery of the everyday work place.

Now when I was a child, eye rolls everyone or deep sighs or now is the time to recede into ones self but appear to be listening as Oma blathers on!

Holidays such as George Washington's and Abraham Lincoln's birthdays were looked forward to by students because even though we attended school on those days we celebrated!...We learned about the history of our country and that George Washington had wooden teeth, that he chopped down a cherry tree, his wife's name was Martha, he wore a white powdered wig and funny clothes, but also that he was the first president of the United States of America...We recited the pledge of allegiance with renewed vigor, sang the national anthem (off key) but with all our hearts and souls.

On Abraham Lincolns birthday, we learned first of all that he would never tell a lie, thus the phrase "Honest as Old Abe."...He came from humble beginnings, was a wood cutter, loved to read books and married a woman above his station, named Mary...The Civil War was fought during his presidency and Congress passed the 13th amendment that abolished slavery while he was president....He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Fords Theater...We memorized his famous speech, "The Gettysburg Address," understanding little of its meaning...We sang songs written long after his death such as "God Bless America," and "America The Beautiful," also off key, but understood phases like "land of the free," and "land that we love."...We celebrated our leaders and learned to love and be proud of our country.

I wish I could say the same on this day, because no matter who is president our country is in one big mess!...Hugs To All...OWAV:)