Originally Posted by PicklePausePull

My statement is not false:

"Although Lincoln’s Birthday had never been designated as a federal holiday, it was observed as a state holiday in many parts of the country. However, after additional federal holidays were created for Columbus Day and the Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. (in 1971 and 1986, respectively), some states dropped the observance of Lincoln’s Birthday as a separate holiday in order to maintain a fixed number of paid holidays per year."

I remember losing Lincoln's Bday as a holiday in my state because of the new MLK holiday. This was precipitated by moving Washington's Bday from Feb 22 to the nebulous third Monday in Feb. As predicted by the opponents of this move, Washington's Bday is largely forgotten, as is Lincoln's. Two Feb holidays down to one.