# Happy George Washington/Thomas Jefferson Birthday?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-george-washington-thomas-jefferson-birthday/712833>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [February 16, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-george-washington-thomas-jefferson-birthday/712833 "2015-02-16T17:42:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-george-washington-thomas-jefferson-birthday/712833/1 "2015-02-16T17:42:42Z")

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At least that is what they [celebrate today in Alabama](http://inform.alabama.gov/calendar.aspx), even though [Thomas Jefferson was born in April](http://www.al.com/opinion/index.ssf/2015/02/no_union_leaders_honored_here.html):

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> While all states recognize some form of President’s Day (which, by the way is also spelled Presidents Day or Presidents’ Day), Alabama’s celebration is unique.
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> Alabama actually calls President’s Day “George Washington/Thomas Jefferson Day.” Jefferson, the third U.S. president, was born in April. No one seems to know why Alabama chose to honor Jefferson instead of Lincoln, but it’s a reasonable guess that Alabama chose not to officially recognize the man who led the Union during the Civil War.
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> Those bad feelings die hard, after all.

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**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\
**Post date:** [February 16, 2015, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-george-washington-thomas-jefferson-birthday/712833/2 "2015-02-16T17:51:48Z")

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Yet another reason to think of Alabama as a pissant state.