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Dennis Donovan

(31,059 posts) Mon Feb 17, 2020, 03:42 PM Feb 2020

Oops! US Navy's tribute to their ships named after Presidents has a little typo

One more letter screw-up and the ship would've been named after Nancy's bane:

...a joke for those over 40, I guess.

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Oops! US Navy's tribute to their ships named after Presidents has a little typo (Original Post) Dennis Donovan Feb 2020 OP

Yep, I'm older than dirt because I immediately knew who you were referring to. catbyte Feb 2020 #1

The holiday... llmart Feb 2020 #2

catbyte

(39,314 posts)

1. Yep, I'm older than dirt because I immediately knew who you were referring to.

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Mon Feb 17, 2020, 03:52 PM

Feb 2020

llmart

(17,729 posts)

2. The holiday...

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Mon Feb 17, 2020, 03:55 PM

Feb 2020

I'm old enough to remember when there was no Presidents Day. We celebrated George Washington's birthday on one day and Abraham Lincoln's birthday on another. Then they had to tinker with this whole thing in 1971, combine the two and designate the third Monday of February so people could have a long weekend and now they consider it in honor of all Presidents.

I want it back the way it used to be because there are Presidents I don't want to honor. The one in this picture is one of them and of course the current so-called "president" is one I'll never honor.

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