OT: Happy Dr King Day!!!!!

[BigGoalBrad]

I love this Holiday and everything Dr King stood for. He stood up for EVERYONE.


Anyways everyone who has the day off enjoy this supurb non religious holiday we all love its honestly a really special day for everyone who loves this country. Go Bruins!

 

[BigGoalBrad]

GO B's!

 

[Fenway]

Dunno why my thread got lowercased but I'd appreciate it if a mod uppercased what needs to be thanks!

fixed

 

[BigGoalBrad]

fixed

thank you!!!!!

 

[Ratty]

Dunno why they eliminated the birthday of George Washington as a holiday and lumped it in with all other Presidents, including the likes of Millard Fillmore and Tyler.

 

[BigGoalBrad]

Dunno why they eliminated the birthday of George Washington as a holiday and lumped it in with all other Presidents, including the likes of Millard Fillmore and Tyler.

GW has his birthday celebrated in Feb.

 

[BigGoalBrad]

This holiday is great though because Dr King fought for everyone. Rich successful lawyer who lived in Atlanta he didnt care about himself nor was he wasn't fighting for himself he fought for all of us. Just a true hero who was looking out for everyone and like I said a wonderful National holiday.

 

[Fenway]

Dunno why they eliminated the birthday of George Washington as a holiday and lumped it in with all other Presidents, including the likes of Millard Fillmore and Tyler.

GW has his birthday celebrated in Feb.

When I was a kid Massachusetts celebrated Lincoln's Birthday which is the 12th and Washington's which is the 22nd. Congress combined them in the 70's.

 

[Ratty]

When I was a kid Massachusetts celebrated Lincoln's Birthday which is the 12th and Washington's which is the 22nd. Congress combined them in the 70's.

But it didn't just combine Lincoln and Washington's. It's now called "Presidents Day". So that's all 44 of them!

 

[Fenway]

But it didn't just combine Lincoln and Washington's. It's now called "Presidents Day". So that's all 44 of them!

Lincoln is February 12th - Washington February 22nd

 

[Ratty]

Lincoln is February 12th - Washington February 22nd

I think you missed the point. They are not national holidays. "Presidents Day" is not on the 12th or 22nd of February, but on a Monday whenever the date falls.

 

[Fenway]

I think you missed the point. They are not national holidays. "Presidents Day" is not on the 12th or 22nd of February, but on a Monday whenever the date falls.

No - Congress combined the two days into one around 1970. In school I always got the 12th off and the 22nd usually fell in February school break week.

 

[talkinaway]

Here's a little music for the thread, courtesy U2, James Taylor, and Stevie Wonder - all about Martin Luther King.







The "Happy Birthday to You" song was part of the campaign to get the holiday nationally recognized, and Stevie Wonder was an integral part of it. I remember someone coming to talk to my elementary school class about MLK day - although I swear it was before January 1986, when it was first nationally recognized.

And to tie it in to hockey, here's a great shorthanded goal from Brad Marchand during a MLK matinee just two years ago. It put him in the lead for SHG for 2013-4 with 4 goals. He'd eventually share the regular season SHG title with Tyler Johnson with 5 goals apiece.



Let's not forget how far we've come in realizing Dr. King's dream...and how far we still have to go.

 

[Ratty]

No - Congress combined the two days into one around 1970. In school I always got the 12th off and the 22nd usually fell in February school break week.

I know Congress combined them. But it also included the Taylors, Arthurs, Garfields, etc. in the holiday. So, it's not just honoring two great Presidents, but the lesser ones as well, which, to me, is an unfortunate disregard for both Washington and Lincoln.

Anyway, I'm sure this controversy is of little interest to the Canadian and non-American subscribers.

Personally, I'm bummed there is no holiday for St. Brendan, the first guy to discover America.

 

[Fenway]

I know Congress combined them. But it also included the Taylors, Arthurs, Garfields, etc. in the holiday. So, it's not just honoring two great Presidents, but the lesser ones as well, which, to me, is an unfortunate disregard for both Washington and Lincoln.

Anyway, I'm sure this controversy is of little interest to the Canadian and non-American subscribers.

Personally, I'm bummed there is no holiday for St. Brendan, the first guy to discover America.

A few years ago I went to the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois and it was a wonderful experience. Just seeing the Gettysburg Address in his handwriting was chilling.

The evening that Doctor King was assassinated is a vivid memory as it was also the night of the first Bruins playoff game in NINE years -April 4. 1968. My Mom that afternoon had bought a color TV which she claimed was so she could watch Gunsmoke and Lawrence Welk in color but the real reason was she wanted to see Bruins/Montreal playoffs.

The NHL actually stopped the playoffs for a couple of days between the shooting and the funeral and CBS which was going to show a Rangers/Blackhawks game live on Sunday instead showed a tape of Game 2 between Boston and Montreal played the night before.

 

[Ratty]

I vividly remember the Kennedy assassination as well. All eyes and ears were focused on TV screens everywhere from the time of the murder through the moving funeral mass and burial. Sad times.

 

[Kovi]