Monday, Feb. 20 marks Presidents’ Day, a day known for celebrating of both George Washington’s and Abraham Lincoln’s combined Birthdays. Presidents’ Day was created in 1971, when President Richard Nixon combined the birthdays of two of our most well-known presidents into one single federal holiday. Presidents' Day also marks a hard-earned day off from work and school for a lot of our patients of Dr. David Tobias.

Here are a few fun facts about our nation’s presidents:

*Abraham Lincoln, our 16th president, carried letters, bills and notes in his tall stovepipe hat.

*George Washington is the first president to be featured on a postage stamp.

*Ronald Reagan, our 40th president, broke the so-called "20-year curse," in which every president elected in a year ending in zero died in office.

*Abraham Lincoln was the tallest of the U.S. presidents, measuring 6’ 4” tall.

*Virginia is the birthplace of more United States presidents than any other state, followed by Ohio and Massachusetts.

*Harry S. Truman was the first president to have his Inauguration and speeches televised.

Congratulations to Dr. David Tobias and his team at Lynnwood Smiles on being selected by their peers as one of Seattle's Top Dentists for 2012!

Every year Seattle Met surveys dentists in King, Snohomish, Kitsap and Pierce counties for their annual Top Dentists publication. Doctors were asked to refer potential patients to one another based on previous experience, patient care, uses of new technologies and results in addition to other criteria. Read more about the peer review selection process on the Seattle Met Top Dentists 2012 site.

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