乔治．华盛顿，出生于1732年2月22日

美国人庆祝乔治华盛顿和亚伯拉罕林肯的生日，称之为「总统节」。虽然是「总统节」，习惯上都在华盛顿实际生日的前一个星期一庆祝。

从华盛顿出生以来已经很久了，你能确实指出他是哪一天出生的吗？这其中其实还有一段复杂的历史。

特别是华盛顿出生之后二十年，才有了我们今天所谓日历的东西，幸运的是，有人在信里留下了线索。


Americans celebrate George Washington's birthday, along with Abraham Lincoln's, on "President's Day." "President's Day," however, is observed the Monday before Washington's actual day of birth.

It has been so long since George Washington was alive, how do we really know when he was born? It isn't as easy to figure out as you might think, especially since Washington was born 20 years before the introduction of the calendar that we use today. Fortunately, someone left a clue inside a letter.

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