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...shoppers over the holiday weekend. Throughout Cambridge and Boston, stores are marking down their merchandise and posting "Sale" signs. Even Filene's Basement, long acknowledged by bargain hunters of all breeds as a mecca for the best grabs, had record sales during the celebratory sale commemorating Washington's Birthday...
Many retailers and experts say that the historical roots of Washington's Birthday clearance sales come from outside the retail industry. "In Boston, Washington's Birthday was traditionally a big day for the sale of automobiles dating back previous to the 1950s," says Trumbull Professor of American History Donald H. Fleming...
Many retailers emphasized that automobile dealerships, the appliance industry and department stores advertise on Washington's Birthday to a greater extent than smaller retail establishments. "Most retail stores used to close for Washington's Birthday up until the 1950s. They initially used sales as a means to attract attention and inform consumers that they were open for business," says Tommi Block, a spokesman for the National Retail Merchandisers Association, an industry wide trade organization composed of 50,000 retailing firms...
...Dunwalke Assistant Professor of Government Alan Brinkley, not a bargain hunter himself, says that conclusions about the commercialization of American government tied to Washington's Birthday sales would be difficult to draw...
...major significance of Washington's Birthday to most Americans is having a day off and sales. Washington has become a purely symbolic figure and it's not surprising that Washington's Birthday has little meaning in that context," he says...