President's+Day

President's Day is great because we get a day off of school, but what does it mean? Why do we celebrate President's Day?
==President's Day is the day that we celebrate George Washington's birthday. George Washington helped the United States win the Revolutionary War way back in the 1700's and later back our nation's first president in 1789. ==

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==Because George Washington helped lead our nation to independence and freedom, we honor him by celebrating his birthday every year. How else do we honor George Washington? ==

==We also honor another president on President's Day. That is our 16th president and his name is Abraham Lincoln (some people call him Honest Abe). He was 6'4 and was the tallest president we have ever had. Another interesting fact about Abraham Lincoln was that he taught himself how to read. ==

== Abraham Lincoln helped keep our country united at a time when the country was trying to divide. This time period was in the 1860's and a war started known as the Civil War. Does anyone know what the main reason for the Civil War was? ==

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==Abahram Lincoln and the northern states wanted to free the slaves and the southern states didn't want this. Because of this, the states ended up fighting and Abraham Lincoln helped to keep the states together. ==

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==Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12th, 1809 in the state of Kentucky in a log cabin and he died on April 15th, 1865. We celebrate his birthday on the same day as George Washinton's birthday because they are in the same month and they are both very important people who helped our nation. ==