{"id":242,"date":"2013-02-18T09:21:02","date_gmt":"2013-02-18T14:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vao\/2013\/02\/18\/presidents-day-feb-18\/"},"modified":"2013-02-18T09:21:02","modified_gmt":"2013-02-18T14:21:02","slug":"presidents-day-feb-18","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/vao\/2013\/02\/18\/presidents-day-feb-18\/","title":{"rendered":"Presidents&#039; Day- Feb 18"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On this day, Americans honor the births of two of our outstanding presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.\u00a0 Most schools are closed, the US mail is not delivered and stores have big sales!<\/p>\n<p>What to do today? Take\u00a0younger and older\u00a0kids to the George Washington Birthday Parade in Old Town from 1-3pm. Bundle them up!<\/p>\n<p>For older children, today is the only day of the year that Washington&#8217;s home at Mt Vernon is open free of charge. 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