has several events being hosted all over the country in the upcoming months. You are invited to participate and enjoy and interact with our outstanding community.  Several of these events are always looking for a helping hand so volunteering for a couple of hours is a great way to meet new people and become involved. To volunteer just look for the contact on the events posting.  Make sure you check out the several locations where our events have been posted.  The main Protect And Defend site houses the lineup with national events, You can find regional and local events posted in the group activity feeds on the main site.  The Protect and Defend public Facebook Site has a *Welcome* tab that has a full listing of Meet and Greet times and location you can direct non members too.  Enjoy the features of today’s technology and if I hadn’t mentioned it today

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More then you wanted to know?

It is time that members of Protect and Defend in
California, especially Northern California and the
Bay Area, come together and meet one another to
help bridge the gap in the LGBT community that
serve and protect this country and state. We know
members are out there, but many of us have not
met one another, so why not have a great night of
good food, drinks, and new friends. This would
also be a great opportunity to help increase membership and make this
organization more known, by bringing someone who is not a memberand
allowing them to see what this organization is truly about. It is time
to get this organization’s reputation back to our intent. The intent
is to serve the interests of the LGBT community working as law
enforcement, firefighters, military, and other public safety and
justice system.

AGAVE GRILL
1935 GALINDO ST.
CONCORD, CA 94520
(925) 676-5252
6:30PM – 10:00PM
We will have our own
private area to socialize, eat,
and drink at the restaurant.
It is only 0.7 miles from the
Concord BART Station.
Only 35-40 minutes from San
Francisco.
COST: $0.00
(Food and drinks are on you)

DAYS TILL

NOOOOOOOOOLA!

Just sayin!  :-)

Presidents’ Day is intended (for some) to honor all the American presidents, but most significantly George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. According to the Gregorian or “New Style” calendar that is most commonly used today, George Washington was born on February 22, 1732. But according to the Julian or “Old Style” calendar that was used in England until 1752, his birth date was February 11th. Back in the 1790s, Americans were split – some celebrated his birthday on February 11th and some on February 22nd.

When Abraham Lincoln became president and helped reshape our country, it was believed he, too, should have a special day of recognition. Tricky thing was that Lincoln’s birthday fell on February 12th. Prior to 1968, having two presidential birthdays so close together didn’t seem to bother anyone. February 22nd was observed as a federal public holiday to honor the birthday of George Washington and February 12th was observed as a public holiday to honor Abraham Lincoln’s birthday.

In 1968, things changed when the 90th Congress was determined to create a uniform system of federal Monday holidays. They voted to shift three existing holidays (including Washington’s Birthday) to Mondays. The law took effect in 1971, and as a result, Washington’s Birthday holiday was changed to the third Monday in February. But not all Americans were happy with the new law. There was some concern that Washington’s identity would be lost since the third Monday in February would never fall on his actual birthday. There was also an attempt to rename the public holiday “Presidents’ Day”, but the idea didn’t go anywhere since some believed not all presidents deserved a special recognition.

Even though Congress had created a uniform federal holiday law, there was not a uniform holiday title agreement among the individual states. Some states, like California, Idaho, Tennessee and Texas chose not to retain the federal holiday title and renamed their state holiday “President’s Day.” From that point forward, the term “Presidents’ Day” became a marketing phenomenon, as advertisers sought to capitalize on the opportunity for three-day or week-long sales.

In 1999, bills were introduced in both the U.S. House (HR-1363) and Senate (S-978) to specify that the legal public holiday once referred to as Washington’s Birthday be “officially” called by that name once again. Both bills died in committees.

Today, President’s Day is well accepted and celebrated. Some communities still observe the original holidays of Washington and Lincoln, and many parks actually stage reenactments and pageants in their honor. The National Park Service also features a number of historic sites and memorials to honor the lives of these two presidents, as well as other important leaders.

We hope to have an impact on peace officers, firefighters and members of EMS as well as service members so they have a feeling of acceptance while being a part of a secured and safe organization.

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Tommy R from Florida wanted to share this intel for people landing at MSY and needing a ride to the hotel!

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