STUFFED WITH HISTORY!

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THANKSGIVING DAY, NOV 26th, 2020

      

  THE HOLIDAY WE OBSERVE TOMORROW

IS OBSERVED IN 5 OTHER COUNTRIES IN

THE WORLD, BUT ON DIFFERENT DATES

AND IN DIFFERENT WAYS. BUT THANKSGIVING

IS, IN SO MANY WAYS, A TRUE AMERICAN

HOLIDAY.

   THE STORIES YOU HEARD IN ELEMENTARY

SCHOOL ARE TRUE. IN 1621 THE PILGRIMS

HAD A REALLY GOOD HARVEST AND THEY

HELD A BIG FEAST TO GIVE THANKS. THEY INVITED THE INDIANS TO JOIN THEM AND THEY CAME WITH

SPME FOOD OF THEIR OWN. TO THIS DAY I HAVE

NEVER ATTENDED A THANKSGIVING DINNER

WHERE GUESTS DIDN'T BRING STILL MORE FOOD

TO THE TABLE!  BUT THAT ORIGINAL THANKSGIVING

WAS NOT AN ANNUAL AFFAIR!

IT MAY SURPRISE YOU TO KNOW THAT, IF THOMAS

JEFFERSON HAD HIS WAY HE WOULD NOT HAVE

THANKSGIVING...AT LEAST NOT AT THE NATIONAL

LEVEL. JEFFERSON WAS QUITE DEDICATED TO THE

CONCEPT OF SEPARATION OF CHURCH AND STATE

THAT HE REJECTED APPEALS TO HAVE AN ANNUAL

DAY OF PRAYER AND THANKS.

PRESIDENT LINCOLN FINALLY ISSUED A PROCLAMATION

ESTABLISHING THANKSGIVING IN 1863..PARTLY IN THE

HOPE IT MIGHT HELP BRING THE NORTH AND SOUTH

BACK TOGETHER IN THE MIDST OF THE CIVIL WAR!

BUT LINCOLN WAS ACTUALLY RESPONDING TO A

PETITION THAT WAS IGNORED FOR 30 YEARS!

IN A VERY REAL SENSE THE FOUNDED OF

THANKSGIVING WAS A WOMAN.  SARAH JOSEPHA

HALE. SHE WROTE THOUSANDS OF LETTERS AND

ARTICLES URGING OFFICIALS TO HAVE A DAY OR

PRAYER AND THANKS FOR OUR BLESSINGS. IF YOU 

DON'T KNOW HER NAME FROM ALL THOSE EFFORTS

YOU MAY KNOW HER FROM A SONG & POEM SHE WROTE.

  "MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB."

  SO MUCH HISTORY TO BRING US WHERE WE ARE

TODAY AND TO GIVE US ALL THE MORE REASON

TO GIVE THANKS.  

  HAPPY THANKSGIVING! HOPE ALL YOUR NEWS IS GOOD!