{"id":404,"date":"2016-02-12T09:00:28","date_gmt":"2016-02-12T13:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/?p=404"},"modified":"2024-08-28T16:56:06","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T20:56:06","slug":"presidents-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/presidents-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidents Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_405\" style=\"width: 253px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-405\" class=\" wp-image-405\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2016\/02\/5803508223_31df3058c7_z-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Bill &amp; Vicki T\" width=\"243\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2016\/02\/5803508223_31df3058c7_z-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2016\/02\/5803508223_31df3058c7_z-624x416.jpg 624w, https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/82\/2016\/02\/5803508223_31df3058c7_z.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-405\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Bill &amp; Vicki T (Flickr)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Presidents Day<b> <\/b>is a Federal holiday created to commemorate the births of former Presidents George Washington (Feb. 22) and Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12). <\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Throughout America, Presidents Day is observed by big sales in the stores and no mail delivery.\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"s2\">School is probably closed on February 15th in honor of Presidents Day, too. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s2\">Things to do with children:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The United States has had more than 40 presidents. How many can the children name? <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Who has been president during their lifetime? <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Take a look at American coins and bills; who are the Presidents pictured on each coin and bill?<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p1\">Apostrophe or not? You&#8217;ll see references to the holiday as Presidents Day, President&#8217;s Day, and Presidents&#8217; Day. Learn more about the confusion surrounding whom this holiday honors in this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/news\/answer-sheet\/wp\/2014\/02\/16\/why-presidents-day-is-slightly-strange\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Washington Post article<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Presidents Day is a Federal holiday created to commemorate the births of former Presidents George Washington (Feb. 22) and Abraham Lincoln (Feb. 12).  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/dcc\/presidents-day\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,1,51],"tags":[11,41,210,16,162,39],"class_list":["post-404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-au-pairs","category-uncategorized","category-child-care","tag-activities","tag-calendar","tag-february","tag-fun","tag-holiday","tag-winter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Presidents Day - Capital City Au Pairs<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Celebrate Presidents Day with kids! 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