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Cutting History in Half? Some Schools Proposing U.S. History ‘Begin’ at 1865 » Publications » Family Security Matters: "Last week was 'Presidents Day.' We used to know it as George Washington's Birthday. But in the Nixon Administration it was changed to Presidents Day, to fold in Abraham Lincoln, save one federal holiday, and maybe to make a small number of Americans think better of Richard Nixon, because he was, after all, President of the United States.

The point, of course, is that George Washington was unique. There have been many men, and two women I can think of right away, who were great military commanders, leaders who snatched victory from the jaws of defeat. There have been many men, and some women, who were great leaders of governments in time of crisis. There have been a small number of men who played a critical role in creating their own, successful nations. Washington did that, of course, as the President of the Constitutional Convention in 1787."