Kippered Cherries for Washington's Birthday "They want us to celebrate Washington's birthday as part of a long weekend." Earlier this week we were out of work and school because of President's Day. Our nation's first President, Mr. George Washington died in 1799. On February 22, 1800 the nation remembered their first president as this was actually his day of birth. It wasn't until the 1870's that his birthday became a federal holiday. In 1971, the Uniform Monday Holiday Act took effect and such holidays were moved to a Monday in the month to give workers a longer weekend. Washington's Birthday, Veterans Day, Memorial Day and Columbus Day were all moved from their traditional dates. Marketers soon jumped on this opportunity to promote sales on these " 3 day weekends". Celebrate the birthday of our nation's first president by getting free shipping! (No lie. I got free shipping on an order this weekend.)...