This year, we celebrate Feb. 20 as Presidents Day. Joe Biden brings the number of men remembered by this holiday to 45 (Grover Cleveland having held the office two non-consecutive times).
A mural showing George Washington pointing to frontiersmen on top of a Native American is seen at George Washington High School in San Francisco.his year, we celebrate Feb. 20 as Presidents Day. Joe Biden brings the number of men remembered by this holiday to 45 .
However, Washington holds a special place worthy of a special commemoration. His accomplishments alone vindicate this distinction. He led the colonial forces to victory in the American Revolution, a feat that demonstrated brilliance, resourcefulness, and resilience against great odds. He presided over the Constitutional Convention in the Summer of 1787, whereby the world’s most remarkable, humanly-composed governing document came to be.
For another, Washington set the precedent for how presidents should exercise their constitutional duties. He established the presidency as a clearly civil, not military, office. He gave that office an air of republican dignity, neither indulging in monarchical trappings of overblown ceremony nor succumbing to the low behavior which can beguile popular leaders.
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