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President ’ s Day

President ’ s Day. ESL 5 Culture Study Presenter: Hsiao,Hsin-Chieh Instructor: Lyra Riabov. Origin of the President ’ s Day George Washington ’ s Biographical information Historic background: Revolutionary war and Independence First President of the USA.

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President ’ s Day

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  1. President’s Day ESL 5 Culture Study Presenter: Hsiao,Hsin-Chieh Instructor: Lyra Riabov

  2. Origin of the President’s Day George Washington’s Biographical information Historic background: Revolutionary war and Independence First President of the USA Abraham Lincoln’s Biographical information Historic background: Civil war and Abolition of Slavery Assassination of Abraham Lincoln Contents

  3. Origin of the President’s Day • George Washington, the first president of the USA was born on February 11, 1789 • Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the USA, was born on February 12th, 1809 • These birthdays were merged into President's Day on the third Monday of February

  4. First President 1689-1797 Born: February 22, 1732 in Westmoreland County, Virginia Died: December 14, 1799 in Mount Vernon, Virginia Married to Martha Dandridge Washington George Washington’s Biographical information

  5. At the age of 20 he was appointed adjutant in the Va. Militia militiaman, for the next three years, he fought in the wars against the French and Indians Washington was selected as commander in chief of the Continental Army on July 3, 1775 He was the leader of the Revolutionary war against the British until the surrender of British at Yorktown, Va., on Oct. 19, 1781 to get the Independence of USA On April 30, 1789, George Washington was elected as the first President of the United States in Federal Hall on Wall Street in New York He was reelected in 1792,and retirement on Sept. 17, 1796 Historic background: Revolutionary war and Independence First President of the USA

  6. Washington Monument Federal Hall

  7. Sixteenth President 1861-1865 Born: February 12, 1809, in Hodgenville, Hardin County, Kentucky Died: April 15, 1865. Lincoln died the morning after being shot at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. by John Wilkes Booth, an actor. Married to Mary Todd Lincoln Abraham Lincoln’s Biographical information

  8. Historic background: Civil war and Abolition of Slavery Assassination of Abraham Lincoln • He won the election of President in 1860 • The Civil war began in 1861 because the south states against the abolition of slavery • On January 1, 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation that declared forever free those slaves • Lincoln won re-election in 1864 • The Civil war end in 1865 and the northern won • On Friday, April 14, 1865, Lincoln was assassinated at Ford's Theatre in Washington by John Wilkes Booth

  9. Lincoln Memorial

  10. Ford’s Theatre

  11. Petersen House

  12. Born on November 12, 1866 Leader of the revolutionary crusade to overthrow the Manchu dynasty Established the first republic country in Asia December 25, 1911, Sun was elected provisional president of the new republic country Sun died of liver cancer on March 12, 1925, at the age of 60 in Peking Dr. Sun Yat-sen ‘s Birthday

  13. National Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

  14. Born on October 31, 1887 Chiang became commander-in-chief of the National Revolutionary Forces Leader the Northern Expedition to subjugate the feuding warlords and reunion China in June 1928 Chiang assumed the leadership of this eight-year War of Resistance against Japan, until on August 14, 1945, Japan announced its formal surrender Chiang served as the president of the Republic of China from March 1948 until he died Died of heart attack on April 5, 1975, at the age of 89 in Taipei President Chiang Kai-shek‘s Birthday

  15. Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

  16. References Origin of the President’s Day http://gi.grolier.com/presidents/aae/side/pofus.html http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl George Washington’s http://www.picturesof.net/POSTERS/hldypost/hldy12.html http://www.whitehouse.gov/history/ http://www.information-entertainment.com/Holidays/presday.html http://www.usembassy.de/usa/holidays-presidents.htm Abraham Lincoln’s http://www.picturesof.net/ http://www.whitehouse.gov/ http://www.patriotism.org/presidents_day/ http://www.learnersonline.com/weekly/lessons02/week7/ Sun Yat-sen http://www.yatsen.gov.tw/ http://fungchiwood.tripod.com/DrSun.html Chiang Kai-shek‘s http://www.cksmh.gov.tw/

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