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Presidents day used to be 2 separate holidays devoted to great men. So it was the equal thing to do to give him his own day too. Now that presidents day was created, he's the only single person with their own holiday. Don't know how to fix that.

Truthfully I believe, it's a really good way of dismissing the holiday all together by giving kids the day off. Making all schools educate children about Martin Luther King would be equal and fair. There wouldn't be any need for things like African American History month or MLK Day and other special days or months, if all these things got equal integration into everyday life. Children learn about all the greats from American history and other country histories every year. It's integrated into the school curriculum. If black history and the civil rights era/movement were a mandatory part of public school curriculum, I'd be okay with giving up black history month, and mashing MLK day into presidents day to be some sort of American day(idk).

I remember back in the 80's when I was in elementary school that I went to school on MLK's birthday. It wasn't official then, like now it's labeled as a Federal Holiday. Now I must say that yes, it is important and likeable to learn about King, or any African American figure in school. But sometimes, you have to learn about the history outside of school. In other words, not all "history" is in the history books. I was taught that too. My mother once told me about the black soilders that helped liberated Europe in WWII, and they were in the concentration camps first before the white soilders!- That part, you don't rarely see in the history books.

Seeing the teens at the MLK Celebration on Sunday, is a prime example of learning "in and out" of the classroom. Maybe all school districts could see this as an example.

Not all kids get off of school that day. My kids had school, but I am not sure if this is true or not, the kids who come in from Milwaukee, didn't have to come. That sounded weird to me because how do you do that? I just want to know why they take off for his birthday, but not veterans day or presidents day or anything like that? I think Ted Perry said something similar. But it is true. What did the people who did take the day off do in rememberence of him? I would like to see some of those answers. I am sure there are some good ones, but many did nothing.

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