Three years ago, I wrote about how, late in the 19th Century, Presidents' Day was bicycle day.
Back then, it wasn't called Presidents' Day: On 22 February, George Washington's birthday was commemorated. (Abraham Lincoln's birthday was remembered on the 12th; in some states, such as New York, it's still a holiday.) In the early 1970s, the US government decided to move certain holidays to Mondays. Thus was Presidents' Day, observed on the third Monday of February, created.
Today's the day. A few shops and online retailers are running sales, as they do on other holidays. But in the Bike Boom of the 1890s, new models were unveiled and bike shows, along with sales, were held on that day.
On this blog, I've also mentioned that during that first Bike Boom, Susan B. Anthony said that the bicycle has done more than anything to liberate women.
We haven't had a female President yet in the US. However, in Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt was the Prime Minister from 2011 to 2015. Here she is, doing what many of her countrywomen do every day:
Back then, it wasn't called Presidents' Day: On 22 February, George Washington's birthday was commemorated. (Abraham Lincoln's birthday was remembered on the 12th; in some states, such as New York, it's still a holiday.) In the early 1970s, the US government decided to move certain holidays to Mondays. Thus was Presidents' Day, observed on the third Monday of February, created.
Today's the day. A few shops and online retailers are running sales, as they do on other holidays. But in the Bike Boom of the 1890s, new models were unveiled and bike shows, along with sales, were held on that day.
On this blog, I've also mentioned that during that first Bike Boom, Susan B. Anthony said that the bicycle has done more than anything to liberate women.
We haven't had a female President yet in the US. However, in Denmark, Helle Thorning-Schmidt was the Prime Minister from 2011 to 2015. Here she is, doing what many of her countrywomen do every day:
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