It"s Election Day, so if you"re eligible to vote but haven"t already voted, stop reading this and go cast your ballot. In 1845, Congress decided that general elections of federal public officials would be held on the Tuesday after the first Monday in November. Why a Tuesday? In the 1800s, most citizens worked as farmers and lived far from their polling places, so they needed a day or two to travel. Many Americans went to church on Sunday, and Wednesday was their day at the market. So, Tuesday was the most practical.
Vote!
Today in History
More Desktop Wallpapers:
-
Star Wars Day
-
National Trails Day
-
International Day of Color
-
Unbearable cuteness
-
A hermitage with a view
-
Great Backyard Bird Count
-
A Carpathian Christmas celebration
-
Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve
-
International Moon Day
-
Happy birthday, Capitol Reef National Park
-
A circular celebration
-
A bull, some flowers, and a stratovolcano
-
Presidents Day
-
National Napping Day
-
The dry days of winter in Etosha
-
Does this shark have an Irish accent?
-
‘You should see the one that got away!’
-
A history of Vinland
-
Christmas Bird Count
-
China s colorful terraced pools
-
Riding the bore tide at Turnagain Arm, Cook Inlet, Alaska
-
San Gimignano, Siena Tuscany, Italy
-
Almond trees in full bloom, California
-
‘The memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever’
-
Hiking the High Trestle Trail
-
Jazzed for Mardi Gras
-
Field of Light at Sensorio by Bruce Munro
-
2022 Winter Paralympics
-
The (Inca) empire strikes back
-
Pretty, pretty…butterfly?
Bing Wallpaper Gallery


