ThisMonday，thenationwillstarttocelebratePresidents’Day，justsevendaysbeforeGeorgeWashington’sbirthday．Everyoneagreesthatdayisaholiday，butisitjusttocelebrateGeorgeWashington’sBirthday?WhataboutAbraha

ThisMonday，thenationwillstarttocelebratePresidents’Day，justsevendaysbeforeGeorgeWashington’sbirthday．Everyoneagreesthatdayisaholiday，butisitjusttocelebrateGeorgeWashington’sBirthday?WhataboutAbrahamLincoln?SomegovernmentofficescallitPresidents’Day．OtherssaytheholidayisofficiallyWashington’sBirthday．Confusedyet?

GeorgeWashingtonwaselectedthecountry’sfirstPresidentonApril30，1789．Soonafter，Americansbeganpubliclycelebratinghisbirthday．PresidentialhistorianssaytheactualdateofGeorgeWashington’sbirthisFebruary11，1732．Butachangeinthecalendarsystem20yearslatershiftedalldates，makingWashington’sbirthdayFebruary22，whichisnowwellaccepted．In1879．CongressmadeWashington’sbirthdayanofficialfederalholiday．Itwasthefirstfederalholidaytocelebrateanindividual’sbirthday．In1968，CongresspassedtheMondayHolidaysAct，whichmovedtheholidaytothethirdMondayinFebruary．Thenewlawdidnotchangetheholiday’sname．ItwasstillcalledWashington’sBirthday，eventhoughsomelawmakerswantedtocallitPresidents’DaytoincludeAbrahamLincoln，whoseactualbirthdayisFebruary12．

ManypeoplearguethattheholidayshouldcelebrateallpastPresidents．TheyfeelLincolnshouldbehonoredforhisroleinpreservingthenationduringtheCivilWarandhelpingtofreeslaves．OthersfeeltheholidayshouldonlyhonorWashington．thecountry’sfirstPresident．TheysayshiftingthefocusawayfromWashingtonwouldmeanfuturegenerationsofkidswouldnotknowabouttheFatherofOurCountry．

LawshavebeenintroducedinCongressovertheyearstorequireuseoftheterm“GeorgeWashington’sBirthday．”butnoneofthoselawshavebeenpassed．Meanwhile，manystategovernmentsandschooldistrictsnowusetheterm“Presidents’Day．”Manystoreuseittopromoteholidaysales．

ShouldtheholidayhonorWashington，WashingtonandLincoln，orallpastPresidents?Writetoemailbag@timeforkids．comandtelluswhatyouthink．

28．ThePresident’sDaywasoriginallydesignedtohonor______．

A．GeorgeWashington B．AbrahamLincoln

C．allpresidents D．theCivilWar

29．Whatcanweinferfromthepassa