But only in Texas can you appreciate the irony of celebrating Martin Luther King's birthday AND Confederate Heroes day. Confederate Heroes Day used to be Robert E. Lee's birthday until the name was changed and is a floating State holiday. It hits during the week of MLK's birthday so most years we'd get two days off that week.

>>>>Technically, it's called "President's Day". Washington (Feb 22) and Lincoln (Feb 12) were both born in February. When I was a kid, both were holidays then Congress changed the holiday to the third Monday in February, which is falls someplace between the two birthdays.
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>>>>>Washingtons birthday. So how many in the US get the day off. ?
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>>>Except that while widely celebrated (and a holiday in many states), Lincoln's birthday was never a federal holiday.
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>>Not so popular in the South I'd imagine.
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>I don't know :o) I spent my early years in Wisconsin and we celebrated it there. It was always a school holiday in Wisconsin back then. It was already celebrated as a part of President's Day when I moved to the south. I think prior to that, it was maybe celebrated in Alabama and Louisiana but maybe it was Arkansas? I don't see states celebrating a President who sent troops into their area or who killed their dream of a separate country....
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>http://dpi.wi.gov/eis/observe.html