PRESIDENTS DAY : COMMEMORATING 2 AND CELEBRATING THE OTHER 42 WHO HAVE SERVED THE USA.............

Since 1971, in the United States the third Monday of February that is observed as a Federal Holiday merging the commemoration of the birthdays of our 1st President George Washington and the 16th President Abraham Lincoln.  Instead of renaming the national observance the Washington-Lincoln Birthday Holiday, it was designated Presidents Day, a federal holiday recognizing and celebrating all who have served as the Chief Executive of the USA.  Thus today, we remember and honor the 2 great Presidents seminal to the founding of the American nation and to the saving of the Union in winning the Revolutionary War and Civil War; and to date the other 42 Presidents have been elected or succeeded to the White House, during the nearly 224 year History of the American Presidency.  The average length of term as President of the United States has been 5 years, I month, and 1 day.  The shortest term being 1 month, March 4 - April 4, 1841; by the 9th President William Henry Harrison; and the longest serving, the 32nd President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 12 years, 1 month, 8 days.  From our founding President Washington to our current President Obama, to mark this day and give thanks for the service and leadership of the United States of America, our 44 Presidents, 1789 - 2013 have provided.  God Bless America.  Happy Presidents Day.............Fr.  Troy