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Wednesday
Happy Thanksgiving
In 1621 the Puritan settlers in the Plymouth Colony were so filled with
rejoicing that their crops had thrived, and they had experienced a bountiful
harvest, that they set aside 3 days of celebration, probably in October
(although the exact date is not known), and invited their friendly
neighbors, the Wampanoag Indians, to join them in the feasting and revelry.
They had good authority to do so -- Governor William Bradford had proclaimed
a Day of Thanksgiving, and after the previous harsh winter which they had
gone through, having adequate food supplies to face the oncoming winter was
reason enough to celebrate.
From that time forward, days of celebration and thanksgiving were
observed throughout the colonies after each fall harvest. The 13 colonies
did not all celebrate Thanksgiving Day on the same date until October of
1777. A few years later, in 1789 President George Washington proclaimed a
Day of Thanksgiving to be observed on November 26. Subsequent presidents
have followed his lead. The observance did not become national in scope
until 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling on
the "whole American people" wherever they lived to unite "with one heart and
one voice" in observing a special day of thanksgiving. Setting apart the
last Thursday of November for the purpose, the President urged prayers in
the churches and in the homes to "implore the interposition of the almighty
God to heal the wounds of the nation and to restore it...to full enjoyment
of peace, harmony, tranquility and union." He also urged that they express
heartfelt thanks for the "blessing of fruitful fields and healthful skies."
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