“The Mountaineer” asked Mayor Stiles to write something about President’s Day for our President’s Day issue of the paper.
Mayor Stiles wrote a great piece of history and hope that, unfortunately, got lost in cyber space for a week. Finally we retrieved it and it was too good not to include in the newspaper, even though it was not the President’s Day issue.
So, here it is. Thank you Mr. Mayor. You do credit to us all.
Presidents day
By Stephen Stiles
President’s Day which is still called “Washington’s Birthday by the federal government was traditionally celebrated February 22nd. That was the ac...
