Unrelated to the house, family, or gardening.
A Federal Holiday that really ought to have more thought given to it: George Washington’s Birthday
His Farewell Address, often commented on for the foreign relations aspect (perhaps an eighth of the length) but generally not read:
http://millercenter.org/president/speeches/detail/3462
Acair Fearann 
Wouldn’t it be lovely to have a rule that every session of Congress open with a reading of those parts of the address that concern “party” and sectarian interests?
It would be! I confess I had never actually read the entire thing through before this morning. There is so much packed in there that is thought provokingly pertinent.