Phil Bustos of Trinidad, Colo., displays the television set he bought for $29 at a Washington's Birthday sale in Washington, D.C., Feb. 22, 1954. Other bargain hunters waited to get into the packed store during the annual holiday sale. (AP Photo, File)
NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Like the other Founding Fathers, George Washington was uneasy about the idea of publicly celebrating his life. He was the first leader of a new republic, not a king.
And yet the United States will once again commemorate its first president on Monday, 293 years after he was born.
