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George Washington, the 1st President of the United States of America and Abraham Lincoln the sixteenth president of the United States. Hulton Archive/Getty Images
Ceremonies, traditions, and holidays are important to any group that wishes to be “one people” joined together by something more than mere force or geographic chance.