Happy Presidents Day!

We are as ‘normal’ as we ever are – hours are:

Wine / Beer / Liquor Retail:  10a-9p

Redemption Center:  10a-5:45p

The Presidents Day tradition first began in 1800, the year after Washington died. People mourning the late leader celebrated his birthday, and in 1879 the holiday became official. It became a federal event in 1885 and was the first observance.   But the day wasn’t just for Washington for too long — by the 1960s, Congress was requesting the government add Lincoln to the annual festivities. Today, people use it to remember all of the U.S. commander-in-chiefs.

• Lincoln’s national historical park has a building with 56 steps — one for each year he lived before being assassinated.
• Warren G. Harding had size 14 feet.
• Martin Van Buren is responsible for the popular use of the term “OK.”
• Theodore Roosevelt had a ring with some of Lincoln’s hair inside it.
• Washington didn’t want to be paid a salary for his work as president.
• The first president to live part of his term in the White House was John Adams.
• James Buchanan is the only president to not have a wife. Grover Cleveland started off at the White House single but got married in office.
• Lincoln was the first president to have a beard.
• Franklin Roosevelt was the first president to ride in an airplane.
• The infection that killed Zachary Taylor began after he ate a bunch of cherries.