The third Monday in February has come to be known wrongly as President's Day. America's political leaders should take thisoccasion to remember Washington's deeds, recollect his advice, andonce again call the holiday celebrating him by its legal name:Washington's Birthday.
George Washington is one of the most recognized figures in U.S. history. But familiarity breeds contempt. More often than not, Washington is an old painting on the wall – solemn, impersonal and distant – or the subject of childhood stories and nursery rhymes. We all know that he chopped down a cherry tree and had wooden teeth.