My heart’s not really in Presidents Day this year. Draw your own conclusions. I started typing something up this morning, but as I warmed to the topic, it grew and grew, and then I didn’t have time to come back to it and wrangle it into shape. It’s a shame, because the material is time sensitive. Maybe I’ll rework it for the Fourth of July, when hardly anyone will see it. In the meantime, here’s a comic featuring antifa George Washington, making America great.
Also, to keep it musical, I’ll include a link to Virgil Thomson’s ballet, “Parson Weems and the Cherry Tree,” a Bicentennial commission which, for some reason, is not to be found on the internet in its orchestral guise. Who knew that my recording would turn out to be such a collector’s item? Here, the work is posted in a transcription for piano. If you’re interested, it plays continuously over twelve tracks.
Looking for Lincoln? Search for my post for February 12, Honest Abe’s birthday.
Neither of these guys could tell a lie. Remind you of anyone we know? Me neither. Happy Presidents Day.