Re: Happy Thanksgiving!

On 24 Nov 2006 06:53:29 -0800, "Alistair"
<alistair@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> enlightened us:


HeyBub wrote:
Pete Dashwood wrote:
"LX-i" <lxi0007@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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As I look back over the past year, I really have a lot for which to
be thankful. Being overseas didn't really change my political views
or core beliefs (other than strengthening them), but it did make me
realize some of the blessings that I do have on a day-to-day basis,
that I didn't notice until they weren't there for four months.

I hope you all have a happy Thanksgiving, and have many things for
which you can be thankful. :)



Thanks for those kind thoughts, Daniel.

I watched Bush doing the Press conference with Friar and Priar (?)
(two turkeys who were "pardoned"). I thought it was brave of him to
be filmed with turkeys, given the obvious opportunity for satire....
:-)
Obviously, here in NZ we don't observe Thanksgiving, but I like the
idea of this holiday. It doesn't do any of us any harm to count our
blessings and spend some time with family, occasionally.

I know it's hard on the turkeys, but I still eat one at Xmas :-)

Best Wishes to all the US people who frequent CLC, (whether you lurk
or post), for a pleasant Thanksgiving.

Lest we forget, the original Pilgrims were religious zealots. With guns.


But didn't Thanksgiving come into being at the time of Abe Lincoln?

In 1789, following a proclamation issued by President George
Washington, America celebrated its first Day of Thanksgiving to God
under its new constitution. That same year, the Protestant Episcopal
Church, of which President Washington was a member, announced that the
first Thursday in November would become its regular day for giving
thanks, "unless another day be appointed by the civil authorities."
Yet, despite these early national proclamations, official Thanksgiving
observances usually occurred only at the State level.

Much of the credit for the adoption of a later annual national
Thanksgiving Day may be attributed to Mrs. Sarah Joseph Hale, the
editor of Godey's Lady's Book. For thirty years, she promoted the idea
of a national Thanksgiving Day, contacting President after President
until President Abraham Lincoln responded in 1863 by setting aside the
last Thursday of November as a national Day of Thanksgiving. Over the
next seventy-five years, Presidents followed Lincoln's precedent,
annually declaring a national Thanksgiving Day. Then, in 1941,
Congress permanently established the fourth Thursday of each November
as a national holiday.

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