A bit of history from the days before Presidents Washington and Lincoln had to share a day of celebration:
“Every year, Americans mark Presidents Day with an orgy of auto sales, kicking-off the car-buying season. Our celebration of George Washington’s birthday is now firmly intertwined with the automobile, a testament to the powerful grip of car culture upon our civic imagination. But more than a century ago, February 22 bore a very different identity: It was Bicycle Day.” At left, President Theodore Roosevelt in 1902, escorted by police riding chainless bicycles.
