General Thanksgiving A Proclamation eBook George Washington
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Proclamation of General Thanksgiving by George Washington, First President of the United States of America.
Approximately 475 words.
General Thanksgiving A Proclamation eBook George Washington
As we celebrate Thanksgiving Day here in the United States, amid the family gatherings, the turkey and stuffing, the televised Macy's parade and football games, the anticipation (or cringing) of Black Friday, it's sometimes good to pause for a moment to remember the origins of this national holiday.This historic document, General Thanksgiving: A Proclamation, was issued by George Washington during his first year as U.S. President. It set aside Thursday, November 26 as "A Day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer." Signed by Washington on October 3, 1789, the decree appointed the day "to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God." The text in this edition was as published on Wednesday, October 14, 1789, in The Massachusetts Centinel, a major Boston newspaper after the American Revolution.
While there were Thanksgiving observances in America both before and after Washington's proclamation, this represents the first to be so designated by our new national government. The colonists of the Plymouth Plantation held a celebration of feasting after their first harvest as a three-day event in the fall of 1621, joined by Native American tribal chiefs Squanto, Massassoit and Samoset along with ninety of their men.
The first recorded Thanksgiving observance was held on June 29, 1671 at Charlestown, Massachusetts by proclamation of the town's governing council, and during the 1700s, it was common practice for individual colonies to observe days of thanksgiving throughout each year. Later in the 18th century, each of the individual states would periodically designate a day of thanksgiving in honor of a military victory, an adoption of a state constitution or an exceptionally bountiful crop.
In December of 1777, a Thanksgiving Day celebration celebration was held by the colonies nationwide, commemorating the surrender of British General Burgoyne at Saratoga. Later, on October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for the observance of the fourth Tuesday of November as a national holiday.
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday to the third Thursday of November, seemingly to extend the Christmas shopping season and boost the economy towards the end of the Depression years. After a storm of protest, Roosevelt changed the holiday again in 1941 to the fourth Thursday in November, where it stands today. But it was George Washington's original Proclamation issued in 1789 that contained this memorable passage:
"And also, that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions;-- to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our federal and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness unto us); and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best."
The original document was written in longhand by William Jackson, secretary to the President, and was then signed by George Washington... and surprisingly it was then lost for 130 years. It has been speculated that it was probably misplaced or mixed in with some private papers when the U.S. capitol was moved from New York to Washington, D.C. The original manuscript was not placed in the National Archives until 1921, when Dr. J.C. Fitzpatrick, assistant chief of the manuscripts division of the Library of Congress found the proclamation at an auction sale being held at an art gallery in New York. He purchased the document for $300 for the Library of Congress, where it now resides.
This copy of Washington's General Thanksgiving: A Proclamation was the first official presidential proclamation issued in the United States. As we celebrate this national day of thanks, it's good to sometimes pause and reflect, if just for a few moments, about how this document came to be and all that it represents to us.
11/22/2012 Thanksgiving Day
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As we celebrate Thanksgiving Day here in the United States, amid the family gatherings, the turkey and stuffing, the televised Macy's parade and football games, the anticipation (or cringing) of Black Friday, it's sometimes good to pause for a moment to remember the origins of this national holiday.
This historic document, General Thanksgiving A Proclamation, was issued by George Washington during his first year as U.S. President. It set aside Thursday, November 26 as "A Day of Public Thanksgiving and Prayer." Signed by Washington on October 3, 1789, the decree appointed the day "to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God." The text in this edition was as published on Wednesday, October 14, 1789, in The Massachusetts Centinel, a major Boston newspaper after the American Revolution.
While there were Thanksgiving observances in America both before and after Washington's proclamation, this represents the first to be so designated by our new national government. The colonists of the Plymouth Plantation held a celebration of feasting after their first harvest as a three-day event in the fall of 1621, joined by Native American tribal chiefs Squanto, Massassoit and Samoset along with ninety of their men.
The first recorded Thanksgiving observance was held on June 29, 1671 at Charlestown, Massachusetts by proclamation of the town's governing council, and during the 1700s, it was common practice for individual colonies to observe days of thanksgiving throughout each year. Later in the 18th century, each of the individual states would periodically designate a day of thanksgiving in honor of a military victory, an adoption of a state constitution or an exceptionally bountiful crop.
In December of 1777, a Thanksgiving Day celebration celebration was held by the colonies nationwide, commemorating the surrender of British General Burgoyne at Saratoga. Later, on October 3, 1863, President Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for the observance of the fourth Tuesday of November as a national holiday.
In 1939, President Franklin D. Roosevelt moved the holiday to the third Thursday of November, seemingly to extend the Christmas shopping season and boost the economy towards the end of the Depression years. After a storm of protest, Roosevelt changed the holiday again in 1941 to the fourth Thursday in November, where it stands today. But it was George Washington's original Proclamation issued in 1789 that contained this memorable passage
"And also, that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech Him to pardon our national and other transgressions;-- to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our federal and relative duties properly and punctually; to render our National Government a blessing to all the people by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed; to protect and guide all sovereigns and nations (especially such as have shown kindness unto us); and to bless them with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the increase of science among them and us; and, generally to grant unto all mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best."
The original document was written in longhand by William Jackson, secretary to the President, and was then signed by George Washington... and surprisingly it was then lost for 130 years. It has been speculated that it was probably misplaced or mixed in with some private papers when the U.S. capitol was moved from New York to Washington, D.C. The original manuscript was not placed in the National Archives until 1921, when Dr. J.C. Fitzpatrick, assistant chief of the manuscripts division of the Library of Congress found the proclamation at an auction sale being held at an art gallery in New York. He purchased the document for $300 for the Library of Congress, where it now resides.
This copy of Washington's General Thanksgiving A Proclamation was the first official presidential proclamation issued in the United States. As we celebrate this national day of thanks, it's good to sometimes pause and reflect, if just for a few moments, about how this document came to be and all that it represents to us.
11/22/2012 Thanksgiving Day
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