President's Day

Last Monday, February 12th, I told my son it was Lincoln's Birthday. He told me, "No, President's Day is next Monday." I then went over the facts that Lincoln's Birthday is February 12th and Washington's Birthday is February 22nd. Tonight, we went over the fact that Lincoln was born in 1809 and Washington in 1732. We also went over the fact that the Lincoln penny went into circulation on the centennial of his birth (1909) and its reverse was revised on the sesquicentennial of his birth (1959), changing from the wheat ears back to the Lincoln Memorial. The Washington Quarter went into circulation on the bicentennial of his birth.