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Re: [OM] Presidents Day, USA

Subject: Re: [OM] Presidents Day, USA
From: Nathan Wajsman <photo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2018 23:10:43 +0100
It was originally Washington’s birthday (Feb. 22 is the actual date) but later 
morphed into a general Prez Day. And there are private employers that observe 
it too, including BCG where my son now works.


Cheers,
Nathan

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> On 19 Feb 2018, at 17:42, Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> I'm less sure about the use of the possessive. The motivation for this 
> holiday is one that I suspect many Europeans will find difficult to 
> understand. There were once several holidays that honored a single president, 
> all of which gave some workers a day off. As these things go, the more there 
> were, the more were desired.. It looked like we would soon have forty or 
> fifty presidents days, all of which meant days off for some workers. 
> Employers didn't like this, because it did nothing for production. So all the 
> commerative days were lumped into one. So it could go either way. 
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> From: "Philippe" <photo.philippe.amard@xxxxxxxxx> 
> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
> Sent: Monday, February 19, 2018 10:32:07 AM 
> Subject: Re: [OM] Presidents Day, USA 
> 
> I have some doubts about the latter. 
> 
> Amities 
> Philippe 
> 
> 
> 
>> Le 19 févr. 2018 à 17:29, Bill Pearce <billpearce@xxxxxxxxxx> a écrit : 
>> 
>> I believe it's best either presidents' or presidents day. 
> 
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