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The meaning has changed dramatically, from being mostly unremarkable and filled with work for Washington in the 1700s to the consumerism bonanza it has become today.
George Washington was uneasy about the idea of commemorating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic not a tyrant. And yet the nation will once again celebrate the first U.S. president on Monday, 292 years after he was born.