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Presidents' Day
Greetings!

Presidents' Day is a federal holiday that commemorates all of our presidents, most significantly Presidents George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. More than 30 National Park Service sites honor the lives of the American presidents. You can learn about the lives of these men and the impact they had on building the nation through these sites.

Visit our American Presidents Store and learn more about the shapers of our country. Save 15% on your entire eParks order through Saturday February 25, 2013. See coupon below for details.
Fun Facts about the presidents of the United States
Did you know?
  

-John Quincy Adams regularly skinny dipped in the Potomac River.

 

-Martin Van Buren popularized the phrase "OK".

 

-James Buchanan was the only president who never married.

 

-Grover Cleveland had an artificial jaw, which was installed after a piece of his original jaw-that had a cancerous lesion-was removed.

 

-William Howard Taft served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court following his presidential term.

 

-Gerald Ford did some fashion modeling in the 1940's-he was featured on the cover of Cosmopolitan.

 

-Jimmy Carter was the first president born in a hospital.

 

-John Adams and Thomas Jefferson both died on the 4th of July, 1826. James Monroe followed suit in 1831. Calvin Coolidge was the only president to be born on that day.

 

-William Henry Harrison was only president for 31 days, he died of pneumonia.

 

-John Tyler had 15 children.

 

-Gerald Ford held his daughter's high school prom at the White House.
Visiting America's national parks is a great way to learn about the lives and legacies of our presidents. You can find a park near you here. 
 

"There is nothing so American as our national parks.... The fundamental idea behind the parks...is that the country belongs to the people, that it is in process of making for the enrichment of the lives of all of us." -Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1936).

 
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