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President's Day

George Washington is fondly known as The Father of Our Country.  He was involved in drafting the Declaration of Independence which was signed July 4, 1776.  As Commander in Chief of the Continental Army, he valiantly led his troops to victory and our country to freedom from Great Britain.  Loved by his new countrymen, Washington was elected as our first president.  He is known for his patriatism, honesty, widom, courage and strength of character.  Born on February 22, 1732, this day became known as Washington's Birthday in 1796 while he served in his last year as president.  This holiday was not officially observed until 1832.

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Abraham Lincoln, born on February 12, 1809, is another U.S. president that has been revered by Americans. Despite his humble beginnings, he became the 16th president of the U.S. on March 4, 1861.   He led the Union during the turbulent years when our country was divided by civil war.  He became known as The Great Emancipator after freeing African-Americans from slavery and is affectionately remembered as Honest Abe.  He had a thirst for knowledge and as a child walked many miles in order to attend the only school in the area, completed his homework by candlelight and worked his math on the back of a shovel.  Lincoln's birthday was first celebrated in 1865, a year after he was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth.  His birthday was not a federal holiday; however, many states did adopt it as a legal holiday.

In order to create three-day weekend holidays, Congress passed legislation in 1968 which placed all federal holidays on a Monday.  It was President Richard Nixon, in 1971, who combined Washington's and Lincoln's birthdays into President's Day to be celebrated on the third Monday in Februrary.

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Meet Kim Ashby | Owner

Kim Ashby earned a BS in Nursing from The Catholic University of America and, when she worked outside the home, was a Certified Emergency Nurse with a special interest in trauma nursing. She lives in Raleigh, NC with her husband and three sons. The Ashbys have home schooled their children since 1999. They graduated their oldest son in May 2007. He is attending UNC Wilmington. Kim continues to home school her younger boys. Her oldest son was diagnosed with ADHD when he was in the public school system in the second grade. Her second son has cerebral palsy which has resulted in multiple/global developmental delays. Her youngest son has undiagnosed, mild auditory processing issues.

Kim has co-instructed graduate level courses at UNC Chapel Hill for ST/OT students and Early Intervention students. She is the founder and President of the Board of Directors of GIFTSNC, Inc., a home schooling special needs support group. Kim has presented workshops at a variety of state home school conferences as well as local support group parent meetings and is often a guest speaker at homeschool conferences and is found on many guest speaker lists including Balancing the Sword. She is a Steering Committee member and former Treasurer for Dayspring Home Educators in Cary, NC. She served on the Board of Directors for the Family Support Network of Wake County. She holds a North Carolina Wildlife Permit for Small Mammal Rehabilitation and enjoys working with orphaned and injured wildlife.

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