Barack Obama Day

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    • Perry County is home to approximately 12,000 residents, the majority of whom are African-AmericanBrietbart: Ala. county sets 'Barack Obama Day' as new holiday (December 3, 2008)
    • Barack Obama day will be observed annually on the second Monday in November
    • Parry County offices will be closed and county employees will receive a paid holiday
    • The Perry County Commission voted 4-1 in favor the holiday
    • The one commissioner who voted against the resolution said he did so because of the costs the county would incur as a resultBrietbart: Ala. county sets 'Barack Obama Day' as new holiday (December 3, 2008)

  • Less than a month after President Barack Obama won the 2008 election, a county in central Alabama has voted to create an annual holiday to honor the United States' first black president. "Barack Obama Day" will be observed by the residents of Perry County on the second Monday in November each year.Brietbart: Ala. county sets 'Barack Obama Day' as new holiday (December 3, 2008) Although Obama's opponent, John McCain, won the state of Alabama in the election, almost 73% of the residents of Perry County voted for Obama.The Birmingham News: ...county creates holiday in Barack Obama's honor (December 3, 2008)

  • Not Likely to be Overturned

    The resolution declaring the holiday is worded so that it will prove extremely difficult to overturn. It states that Barack Obama Day, "shall only be deleted from the county holiday calendar by a majority vote of all the members of the United States Congress, both House and Senate, and a unanimous vote of the Perry County Commission."The Birmingham News: ...county creates holiday in Barack Obama's honor (December 3, 2008)

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