Letters to the Editor: Monday, February 16, 2009

 

Published: February 16, 2009

Latter-day contempt Since it was created by Congress in 1885, the national holiday now observed on the third Monday of February has been called Washington’s Birthday , Washington’s and Lincoln’s Birthdays and President’s Day . In the 1960s, a new poorly educated and/or propagandized generation adopted a hate-your-country philosophy, refusing to pay homage to American heroes. Slander of the presid...

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