Today is Presidents' Day in the US.
When I was growing up, American schools, banks, post offices and government buildings were closed on the 12th and 22nd of February to commemorate the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, respectively. In 1971, the commemoration of Washington's Birthday was moved to the third Monday in February. Celebration of Lincoln's Birthday was left up to the states. My home state, New York, is one state that celebrates the President who served during the Civil War.
A little more than two years ago, I wrote a post about Presidents who rode bicycles. Now I'm going to tell you about two more. However, they didn't preside over the US.
Here is Nicolas Sarkozy, who preceded Francois Hollande, the current President of France:
And here is Russian President Vladimir Putin with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev:
Please do not take my inclusion of these photos as approval of any of these leaders' policies, or of my politics generally! I simply approve of the fact that they ride bikes.
When I was growing up, American schools, banks, post offices and government buildings were closed on the 12th and 22nd of February to commemorate the birthdays of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, respectively. In 1971, the commemoration of Washington's Birthday was moved to the third Monday in February. Celebration of Lincoln's Birthday was left up to the states. My home state, New York, is one state that celebrates the President who served during the Civil War.
A little more than two years ago, I wrote a post about Presidents who rode bicycles. Now I'm going to tell you about two more. However, they didn't preside over the US.
Here is Nicolas Sarkozy, who preceded Francois Hollande, the current President of France:
And here is Russian President Vladimir Putin with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev:
Please do not take my inclusion of these photos as approval of any of these leaders' policies, or of my politics generally! I simply approve of the fact that they ride bikes.
