November 27, 2014
THANKS, BIG GUY:
Thanksgiving to Whom . . . (SETH LIPSKY, 11/27/14, New York Post)
Because America is crackling with constitutional cases over religious freedom, let us begin Thanksgiving morning with a reflection on the object of all this gratitude: Whom do we thank? Is it the Indians? The Pilgrims? Nature? Fortune?It turns out that the record is long, clear, and official. It goes back to George Washington's first Thanksgiving proclamation, issued on Oct. 3, 1789, here at New York. He called for a day of public prayer and thanksgiving -- to God.Congress, Washington noted, had requested that he recommend to the people that the day "be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God." He set aside Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789.
Posted by Orrin Judd at November 27, 2014 8:50 AM
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