Otto's Tales: Today Is Presidents' Day | PragerU Kids

[Music] welcome to otto's tales story time brought to you by prageru kids i'm jill and just what i needed for today this is a colonial jacket it's cozy how does it look very good all right let's start again i'm jill [Laughter] well this reminds me of someone important i'm jill of course thank you otto looking good yeah i have a feeling that you peeked at what story we're reading today did you yes well uh should we tell them let's tell them thanks bud today i'm sharing an adventure that introduces us to two very famous americans who we celebrate every single year want to know who they are see if you can listen and learn their names let's read otto's tales today is presidents day ruff ruff i'm auto today is president's day what a fun wild and wonderful day it's been my best friend dennis stayed home from school and we went on another big adventure this is our ship said dennis jumping on his bed can it be our time machine i asked yes otto said dennis we can go back in time and learn about the two important presidents we celebrate on president's day george washington and abraham lincoln we dressed up like sailors and set sail on the scene zoom we traveled back in time to 1773 and landed in america when it was a group of colonies great britain had powerful george as its king he controlled our new land many thought he was mean dennis shouted king george does not want us to be free taxing our goods and our favorite drink tea people asked king george to tend to their needs but he refused to listen and ignored all their pleas so one night in boston colonists threw chests of british tea one after another into the cold and dark sea tensions were high so dennis decided to leave i barked not so fast dennis wait for me please then zoom we sailed onto the year 1776 when 56 men signed the declaration of independence dennis and i joined all the people together we exclaimed all men are created equal king george was so mad it made him seethe he sent men in red coats to demand you shall not leave united we stood and george washington would lead through the revolutionary war we fought to be freed when it looked like american freedom would disappear from history washington crossed the delaware and won a great victory when the war was done we americans had won but who would lead our new nation with all the british gone the people said washington you should be our king but washington had a different vision it seemed he proclaimed above others i refuse to be elevated i want our people to stay liberated the united states of america for its leaders will vote it will be a republic with no kings or red coats saluting president washington we bid him farewell our journey continued with more stories to tell zoom we traveled to 1861 riding aboard a steam train dennis i asked why are people shackled in chains it was america land of the free except for black slaves who wished they could flee dennis said sadly how could this be we then met a tall and wise skinny man he introduced himself kindly hello i'm abraham it's president lincoln dennis declared his hat was so tall i kind of got scared don't be frightened my friends assured honest abe i want to do good will you come to my aid the south struck fort sumter so began the civil war but lincoln had courage he said our country must endure north against south a war against slavery freedom could not be won without many soldiers bravery we helped lincoln by chanting slaves must be freed it was a perilous time for our country indeed the emancipation proclamation was issued in 1862 freeing all the slaves it promised to do four score and seven years ago lincoln later did say we remember his gettysburg address to this day we hopped on our train again to the end of the war it was 1865 and battles were no more the north had won and the states reunited slavery was over and lincoln was delighted we thanked our new friend abe for being so brave we said we're proud of america our country you saved we hopped on our train and then again zoom chug chug chugged back to dennis's room that was my favorite adventure yet i barked you say that every time otto well i never knew that george washington and abraham lincoln were so important that's true said dennis president washington helped our country win its freedom and president lincoln made sure everyone in america got to be free i replied america didn't always get it right dennis explained it's not perfect and there are lots of sad moments in our history things that we keep trying to make better but i'm still super proud to be american me too i barked happy presidents day shouted dennis happy presidents day rough rough the end i learned a lot in that adventure you know president's day is a holiday that we honor every february to celebrate george washington and abraham lincoln's birthdays washington's birthday is celebrated on february 22nd and lincoln's birthday is february 12th america would not be the great free country we are today without those two presidents otto a birthday cake for washington and lincoln good idea thank you for watching otto's tales check out some of our other stories too keep reading keep watching and have fun celebrating president's day bye guys this looks great should we sing happy birth we're so glad you joined us for today's reading autos tales is made possible through the generous support of donors like you you can help us keep the stories coming by going to prageru.com donate today