{"id":816,"date":"2012-02-20T08:00:15","date_gmt":"2012-02-20T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/?p=816"},"modified":"2012-02-14T14:33:02","modified_gmt":"2012-02-14T19:33:02","slug":"happy-presidents-day-from-your-greater-pittsburgh-area-hvac-contractor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/holiday\/happy-presidents-day-from-your-greater-pittsburgh-area-hvac-contractor\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy President&#8217;s Day from Your Greater Pittsburgh Area HVAC Contractor!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone at Boehmer Heating &amp; Cooling Company\u00a0wishes you a very happy President\u2019s Day! Fun fact: though it is commonly referred to as \u201cPresident&#8217;s Day\u201d this holiday is still officially called \u201cWashington\u2019s Birthday.\u201d There was an attempt to change the name of the holiday in 1968, but the proposal failed. \u00a0It is traditional to celebrate this holiday with cherries, in honor of George Washington. \u00a0While the name hasn\u2019t officially changed, today has come to be about all of our nation\u2019s presidents, and a celebration of all that they accomplished. In honor of this holiday, here are some fun trivia questions to stump your friends and family:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When was Washington\u2019s Birthday first celebrated?<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>During his presidency his birthday was celebrated every year. However, Washington\u2019s Birthday officially became a holiday in 1885.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Who was the oldest president elected?<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Ronald Regan (69)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Who was the youngest president elected?<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>John F. Kennedy (43)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Who was the tallest president?<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Abraham Lincoln (6\u20194\u2019\u2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Who was the shortest president?<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>James Madison (5\u20194\u2019\u2019)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>Which state is the birthplace of the most presidents?<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>Virginia (8 total;\u00a0George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, William Henry Harrison, John Tyler, Zachary Taylor, and Woodrow Wilson)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<li>How many states are named after a president?<\/li>\n<ul>\n<li>One (Washington, DC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone at Boehmer Heating &#038; Cooling Company wishes you a very happy President\u2019s Day! Fun fact: though it is commonly referred to as \u201cPresident&#8217;s Day\u201d this holiday is still officially called \u201cWashington\u2019s Birthday.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[162],"tags":[281,113],"class_list":["post-816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-holiday","tag-holiday","tag-pittsburgh"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":818,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/816\/revisions\/818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.boehmerheating.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}