Birthdays Forgotten

I grew up celebrating the birthdays of President Washington and Lincoln. Lincoln February 12 and Washington February 22. Let us look back for a moment.

George Washington known as "The father of our country," lead the ragtag army to victory,then served as our first president. Without his leadership we probably would still be British.

Abraham Lincoln was president throughout the civil war, but managed to hold our union together.

Both birthdays were national holidays. Now we have Presidents day. Why? Because the federal bleeding hearts awarded Martin Luther King the one spot that erased the two greatest presidents from national recognition.

To take nothing away from King, he did nothing more than give a rousing speech in favor of equality. A noble gesture but hardly deserving of or measuring up to that of Washington or Lincoln, who were the giants of our country's birth.