Honoring POTUS

It’s President’s Day! Another holiday marked by the tremendous retail sales it creates. Yet the day was originally designed to honor George Washington’s Birthday. Later, a separate day honored Abraham Lincoln’s birthday. But because those two days were so close together, legislation was enacted to combine the two days and shift it to the third Monday in February. In the process, the annual federal holiday allows employees a three-day weekend and now honors all 44 men who have served as Presidents of the United States of America:

George Washington (1789-1797)
John Adams (1797-1801)
Thomas Jefferson (1801-1809)
James Madison (1809-1817)
James Monroe (1817-1825)
John Quincy Adams (1825-1829)
Andrew Jackson (1829-1837)
Martin Van Buren (1837-1841)
William Henry Harrison (1841)
John Tyler (1841-1845)
James K. Polk (1845-1849)
Zachary Taylor (1849-1850)
Millard Fillmore (1850-1853)
Franklin Pierce (1853-1857)
James Buchanan (1857-1861)
Abraham Lincoln (1861-1865)
Andrew Johnson (1865-1869)
Ulysses S. Grant (1869-1877)
Rutherford B. Hayes (1877-1881)
James A. Garfield (1881)
Chester Arthur (1881-1885)
Grover Cleveland (1885-1889)
Benjamin Harrison (1889-1893)
Grover Cleveland (1893-1897)
William McKinley (1897-1901)
Theodore Roosevelt (1901-1909)
William Howard Taft (1909-1913)
Woodrow Wilson (1913-1921)
Warren G. Harding (1921-1923)
Calvin Coolidge (1923-1929)
Herbert Hoover (1929-1933)
Franklin D. Roosevelt (1933-1945)
Harry S Truman (1945-1953)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1953-1961))
John F. Kennedy (1961-1963)
Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
Richard Nixon (1969-1974)
Gerald Ford (1974-1977)
Jimmy Carter (1977-1981)
Ronald Reagan (1981-1989)
George Bush (1989-1993)
Bill Clinton (1993-2001)
George W. Bush (2001-2009)
Barack Obama (2009-present)

NEWS FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY
Trace Adkins’ band bus was involved in a fatal crash on Saturday in Caddo Parrish, Louisiana. A pickup truck crossed the center line and crashed head-on into the tour bus. Both men in the truck were killed upon impact while none of Trace’s band received any serious injuries. Trace was already at the venue and upon hearing the news, he traveled by van to pickup the uninjured band members, then went to the hospital to check on five members of his crew who were being treated for minor injuries. "This is a real tragedy," says Trace. "Two people have been killed and I don't even know their names. So out of respect for their families, I prefer not to comment too much at this time." Trace performed a scaled down acoustic set during his co-headlining show with Martina McBride.

On TV This Week
Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood’s dog, Emmett, will be making his first appearance at the 134th Annual Westminster Kennel Club show. The prize-winning greyhound will appear in episodes airing today and tomorrow on Animal Planet. ….. Faith Hill will be a guest judge on this week’s new episode of Project Runway. Faith will give advice to aspiring fashion designers with the rest of the celebrity panel of judges, including Heidi Klum. The show will air Thursday on Lifetime.