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Title: 4-day weekend!
Post by: Lt.Del on January 12, 2012, 09:37:30 pm

I love this four day weekend every year in mid-January.  Friday is Robert E. Lee / Stonewall Jackson Day and Monday is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day.  Would you believe up to about 7 yrs ago, we celebrated Lee/Jackson Day on the same day as King Day? Glad the Va governor separated it for a longer weekend.

Is Virginia the only state that celebrates Lee/Jackson Day?  I would think the north would have a comparable Grant / Sherman Day or something.

Title: Re: 4-day weekend!
Post by: zieg85 on January 13, 2012, 05:58:07 am

Must be a southern thing, never heard of Robert E. Lee / Stonewall Jackson Day in Indiana, good for you!!!  Days off are days off...

Title: Re: 4-day weekend!
Post by: Blazin on January 13, 2012, 06:01:11 am

Yup that Mason Dixon line thing again!  ;D

Title: Re: 4-day weekend!
Post by: black85k10 on January 13, 2012, 07:24:36 am

What part of VA are you from? I live near harrisonburg and never heard of Robert E Lee/Stonewall Jackson day. Wish i got those days off.

Title: Re: 4-day weekend!
Post by: Irish_Alley on January 13, 2012, 09:16:02 am

not here in maryland or delaware

Title: Re: 4-day weekend!
Post by: Lt.Del on January 13, 2012, 10:43:02 am

Black85k10, I am in Richmond, well, really Henrico County near Richmond.  Today is a state and county holiday. Try going to any county or state office today or Monday, you won't get in anywhere in the Commonwealth.

You are near Harrisonburg, huh?  Ever go to the shooting range off route 33 just over the West Virginia border in the George Washington Nat'l forest?  Gonna be frequenting that place often this spring/summer on camping trips.

Lee/Jackson Day (from wikipedia):

Lee–Jackson Day is a holiday celebrated in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the USA, for the birthdays of Robert E. Lee and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The original holiday, created in 1889, celebrated Lee's birthday. Jackson's name was added to the holiday in 1904. In 1983, the holiday was merged with the new federal holiday Martin Luther King, Jr. Day as Lee-Jackson-King Day in Virginia. This merge was reverted in 2000.

Lee–Jackson Day is currently observed on the Friday before Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, which is the third Monday in January. State offices are closed for both holidays[1].



 

Title: Re: 4-day weekend!
Post by: black85k10 on January 13, 2012, 11:35:36 am

never been to that shooting range. i just walk up my back yard if i want to shoot.

Title: Re: 4-day weekend!
Post by: bobcooter on January 13, 2012, 12:25:06 pm

Never heard of such.

Title: Re: 4-day weekend!
Post by: bladerunner on January 13, 2012, 01:21:28 pm

I never heard of Lee/Jackson day and I grew up in Fredericksburg! Oh well. Here in Maine they have another holiday, Patriots Day, which I had never heard of either. 

Title: Re: 4-day weekend!
Post by: Lt.Del on January 13, 2012, 01:57:41 pm

I bet many of you don't know that 15 states observe a type of Confederate Memorial Day.  Yep, it's true.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_Memorial_Day

Title: Re: 4-day weekend!
Post by: DnStClr on January 13, 2012, 02:48:51 pm

It just goes to show ya that people who work hard need more time off for R&R.   ::) ::)