Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thanksgiving. Show all posts
Thursday, November 28, 2024

Grace and Thanks

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Many   posts  have discussed the  background  of  Thanksgiving  and  other holidays . John Gramlich, Michael Rotolo, and Laura Silver at Pew...
Thursday, November 23, 2023

Lincoln's 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation

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Many   posts  have discussed the  background  of  Thanksgiving  and  other holidays . Transcript for President Abraham Lincoln’s Thanksgivin...
Thursday, November 25, 2021

Happy Franksgiving!

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Many posts have discussed the background of Thanksgiving and other holidays . Claire Barrett at History.net: On November 26, 1789, Presi...
Thursday, November 26, 2020

Thanksgiving and Constitutional Gratitude

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 Yuval Levin and Adam J. White at National Review : George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation in 1789 , like so many other aspects of hi...
Thursday, November 28, 2019

Congress and Thanksgiving Day

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From the National Archives: On September 28, 1789, just before leaving for recess, the first Federal Congress passed a resolution asking t...
Thursday, June 13, 2019

Washington's 1789 Thanksgiving Proclamation

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Sam Wineburg at Zocalo Public Square: George Washington issued what might be considered the first executive order. To commemorate the en...
Thursday, November 22, 2018

Thanksgiving Proclamations

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Richard Samuelson at Law and Liberty: George Washington set the tone for the office in many ways, none more so than in his Thanksgiving Pr...
Thursday, November 24, 2016

Thanksgiving 2016

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Many posts have discussed the civic and religious significance of Thanksgiving .  
Thursday, November 26, 2015

Thanksgiving 1863

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Washington, D.C. October 3, 1863 By the President of the United States of America. A Proclamation. The year that is drawing towards ...
Thursday, November 28, 2013

Thanksgiving History

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At The American Enterprise Institute, Amy Kass and Leon Kass write: The first Thanksgiving Day celebrated under the new Constitution took...
Friday, November 23, 2012

Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and State Law

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In Springfield, Massachusetts, WGGB reports: You’ve probably seen the national commercials saying that you can start your Black Friday sho...
Thursday, November 22, 2012

Thanksgiving Day

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The Continental Congress issued the first national Thanksgiving proclamation in 1777, to celebrate the patriots' victory in Saratoga. It...
Thursday, November 24, 2011

Thanksgiving 2011

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Dave Cook writes at The Chrstian Science Monitor of the connection between Thanksgiving and "Mary had a little lamb." Magazine ed...
Monday, October 3, 2011

October 3 and Thanksgiving

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Our chapter on civic culture discusses thanksgiving proclamations as a sign of religious influence on American life. On this date in 178...
Thursday, November 25, 2010

Thanksgiving and Faith

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Dan Gilgoff writes at the CNN Belief Blog: This year's Thanksgiving Day proclamation from the White House has a distinctly religious ...
Thursday, November 26, 2009

Thanksgiving

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In chapter 5, we discuss America's civic culture. Among the wealthy countries, the United States is unusual in its religiosity, which h...