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Just part of the FIRST proclamation declaring the Thanksgiving holiday. Thanks to God and George Washington. Now, there­fore, I do rec­om­mend and assign Thurs­day, the 26th day of Novem­ber next, to be devoted by the peo­ple of these States to the ser­vice of that great and glo­ri­ous Being who is the benef­i­cent author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in ren­der­ing unto Him our sin­cere and hum­ble thanks for His kind care and pro­tec­tion of the peo­ple of this coun­try pre­vi­ous to their becom­ing a nation; for the sig­nal and man­i­fold mer­cies and the favor­able inter­po­si­tions of His prov­i­dence in the course and con­clu­sion of the late war; for the great degree of tran­quil­ity, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the peace­able and ratio­nal man­ner in which we have been enabled to estab­lish con­sti­tu­tions of gov­ern­ment for our safety and hap­pi­ness, and par­tic­u­larly the national one now lately insti­tuted for the civil and reli­gious lib­erty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquir­ing and dif­fus­ing use­ful knowl­edge; and, in gen­eral, for all the great and var­i­ous favors which He has been pleased to con­fer upon us. (the rest can be found at link) christianheritagefellowship/the-first-thanksgiving-presidential-proclamation/
Posted on: Thu, 28 Nov 2013 23:22:02 +0000

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