Today in Global Small Business: Honoring Our Founding Fathers on Presidents' Day

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What's affecting me, my clients, my colleagues and other global small business owners:

• Officially called Washington's Birthday at the federal level, the meaning of Presidents' Day and why we celebrate has shifted over the years.
• Nominate someone who you think is a great global leader to earn the Gail Adinamis wegg® Award for Exemplary Global Leadership – deadline 2/20/26.
• Quote of the week:  "When one of us falters, we all falter. When one of us rises, we all rise.” – Barack Obama
• Here's what the national archives say about George Washington's Birthday.
• Wikipedia's interpretation of Presidents' Day.  
• How Americans mark the holiday, Presidents' Day.

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