This Presidents’ Day, honor George Washington — and Calvin Coolidge ...Middle East

When you think of Presidents’ Day, your first thought might be … mattress sales. So it’s worth looking back to how our nation once honored Washington’s Birthday, as the federal holiday used to be known. On Feb. 22, 1927, the president of the United States marked Washington’s Birthday by addressing a joint session of Congress. Think of the State of the Union address without the partisan theatrics. Millions around the world heard the event through the exciting new medium of radio. The president urged his listeners to look beyond the “idealized” portrait of Washington, the “rather imaginary character” who could not tell a lie. Americans, the then-president said, would find Washington’s “

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