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To: slave who wrote (46792)	11/24/1999 3:28:00 PM
From: Dean Wilson	Respond to of 122087

Here's George Washington and Congress getting a national Thanksgiving Day rolling: Whereas it is the duty of all nations to acknowledge the providence of >Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and >humbly to implore His protection and favor; and > >Whereas both Houses of Congress have, by their joint committee, >requested me "to recommend to the people of the United States a day of >public thanksgiving and prayer, to be observed by acknowledging with >grateful hearts the many and signal favors of Almighty God, especially >by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of >government for their safety and happiness": > >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 tranquillity, 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. > >And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and >supplication 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 several 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 to 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. > >Given under my hand, at the city of New York, the 3d day of October, AD >1789 > >George Washington