Yes, and by making that single day on a particular Monday in February rather than on the actual date of at least one of their births, they accomplish two things: 1) a guaranteed 3-day weekend instead of those awkward mid-week days that actually commemorate something; and 2) they make sure that each successive generation not only forgets the great men's birthdays, but forgets the great men.
Yes, and by making that single day on a particular Monday in February rather than on the actual date of at least one of their births, they accomplish two things: 1) a guaranteed 3-day weekend instead of those awkward mid-week days that actually commemorate something; and 2) they make sure that each successive generation not only forgets the great men's birthdays, but forgets the great men.
You get it exactly.