WASHINGTON - Presidents’ Day is a federal holiday in the U.S. celebrated on the third Monday of February each year.
The day recognizes George Washington’s birthday, as well as honors the history of the American presidency and all of those who have served as our nation’s leader.
From Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address to Ronald Reagan’s "tear down this wall" speech more than a century later, here are some famous presidential remarks of the past.The two-minute speech was given by President Abraham Lincoln following the Battle of Gettysburg during a cemetery dedication for the Union war dead on Nov.
19, 1983. While he wasn’t even the main speaker for the event, Lincoln’s brief message on a "new birth of freedom" has come to be regarded as one of the most eloquent and memorable speeches in U.S.