In Defense of Traditional Thanksgiving
Posted on November 24, 2004
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Well, in defense of history, and in defense of Thanksgiving, I have a few things to set straight. Author and historian David Barton of Wallbuilders.com wrote, in his article, Thanksgiving in America:
The first national Thanksgiving occurred in 1789. According to the Congressional Record for September 25 of that year, immediately after approving the Bill of Rights:
Mr. Elias Boudinot said he could not think of letting the congressional session end without offering an opportunity to all the citizens of the United States of joining with one voice in returning to Almighty God their sincere thanks for the many blessings He had poured down upon them. With this view, therefore, he would move the following resolution:
“Resolved, That a joint committee of both Houses be directed to wait upon the President of the United States to request that he would recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer. . . . Mr. Roger Sherman justified the practice of thanksgiving not only as a praiseworthy one in itself but also as warranted by a number of precedents in Holy Writ. . . . This example he thought worthy of a Christian imitation on the present occasion.”
The resolution was delivered to President George Washington who heartily concurred with the congressional request, declaring:
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. . . . Now, therefore, I do appoint Thursday, the 26th day of November 1789 . . . that we may all unite to render unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection.
So, this Thanksgiving, in open defiance of those who would re-write our truthful histories and seek to banish all mention of our historical relationship with the Almighty, it would behoove us to follow our 1st President’s lead and “acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and favor.” Also, why not go ahead and “unite to render unto Him our sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection.”
Also, an invaluable history lesson on the REAL THANKSGIVING that you’ve never heard. Why? Because our history books have been re-written. There was a time that every child DID learn this basic truth, but not in modern times.
This is a must read: The Real Story of Thanksgiving by Rush Limbaugh. Rush also has an audio link and MP3 file to listen to or download. That’s our history. That’s our past. That’s the Truth.
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