President’s Day on the Central Coast
For some people President’s Day is just another day off, but many take the time to celebrate our nation’s great leaders.
Today the City of Monterey gave us all a history lesson, tweeting about some of the Presidents’ connections and visits to the Central Coast.
Check them out:
{“url”:”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey/status/965648519817285632″,”author_name”:”City of Monterey”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PresidentsDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#PresidentsDay&#lt;/a&#gt; In 1901, President William McKinley visited &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Monterey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Monterey&#lt;/a&#gt; & said “This is indeed storied ground. This quaint old town of toil & traffic, of traditions & history, is most interesting to your countrymen generally, & is especially interesting to me.” &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/l6OwFq4fZo”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/l6OwFq4fZo&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— City of Monterey (@CityofMonterey) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey/status/965648519817285632?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;February 19, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}
{“url”:”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey/status/965662596643868674″,”author_name”:”City of Monterey”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PresidentsDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#PresidentsDay&#lt;/a&#gt; In 1903, President Teddy Roosevelt visited &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Monterey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Monterey&#lt;/a&#gt; & Hotel Del Monte (now &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/NPS_Monterey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@NPS_Monterey&#lt;/a&#gt;): “This is a beautiful hotel in which we are spending Sunday, with gardens & a long 17-Mile Drive beside the beach & the rocks & among the pines & cypresses.” &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/dpXrgdVlHx”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/dpXrgdVlHx&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— City of Monterey (@CityofMonterey) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey/status/965662596643868674?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;February 19, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}
{“url”:”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey/status/965693783114440704″,”author_name”:”City of Monterey”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PresidentsDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#PresidentsDay&#lt;/a&#gt; President Bill Clinton visits the &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Monterey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Monterey&#lt;/a&#gt; Peninsula and addresses 20,000 people at the dedication of &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/CSUMB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@CSUMB&#lt;/a&#gt;, the 21st addition to the &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/CSU?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@CSU&#lt;/a&#gt; system. &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/FunFacts?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#FunFacts&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/rcIIymNrzB”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/rcIIymNrzB&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— City of Monterey (@CityofMonterey) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey/status/965693783114440704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;February 19, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}
{“url”:”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey/status/965711394887950338″,”author_name”:”City of Monterey”,”author_url”:”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey”,”html”:”&#lt;blockquote class=”twitter-tweet”&#gt;&#lt;p lang=”en” dir=”ltr”&#gt;&#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/PresidentsDay?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#PresidentsDay&#lt;/a&#gt; President Benjamin Harrison set up &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/Monterey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#Monterey&#lt;/a&#gt;'s Hotel Del Monte east wing as his western &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/WhiteHouse?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#WhiteHouse&#lt;/a&#gt; for an extended stay in 1891, having it wired for direct communication to Washington DC. &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/hashtag/FunFacts?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;#FunFacts&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/NPS_Monterey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;@NPS_Monterey&#lt;/a&#gt; &#lt;a href=”https://t.co/mlxNs1idih”&#gt;pic.twitter.com/mlxNs1idih&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/p&#gt;— City of Monterey (@CityofMonterey) &#lt;a href=”https://twitter.com/CityofMonterey/status/965711394887950338?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw”&#gt;February 19, 2018&#lt;/a&#gt;&#lt;/blockquote&#gt;n&#lt;script async src=”https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js” charset=”utf-8″&#gt;&#lt;/script&#gt;n”,”width”:550,”height”:null,”type”:”rich”,”cache_age”:”3153600000″,”provider_name”:”Twitter”,”provider_url”:”https://twitter.com”,”version”:”1.0″}
