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Originally posted by Mike AI@Feb 16 2004, 06:00 PM
Does everyone realize that no single individual has his own holiday ( with work off) in the United States except for MLK.
Do not get me wrong, MLK did some cool things, but come on - does he really deserve his own day if Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln cannot get their own?
Political correctness?
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In 1983, Congress said that MLK day should "serve as a time for Americans to reflect on the principles of racial equality and nonviolent social change espoused by Martin Luther King, Jr."
Damn straight. That's what America should continue to strive for.
Lincoln and Washington were unfortunate enough to be born a week and a half apart. If not for that, they'd have their own holidays.
I believe Columbus Day is still a holiday for federal employees.