Happy Thanksgiving!
2017
Comments on Thanksgiving Day
Thanksgiving Day originated with the Pilgrims as a harvest festival. Thanksgiving has been celebrated nationally on and off since 1789, after Congress requested a proclamation by George Washington.
Later, during the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln proclaimed a national day of "Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens," to be celebrated on the last Thursday in November.
President John F. Kennedy issued Proclamation 3560 on November 5, 1963 stating, "Over three centuries ago, our forefathers in Virginia and in Massachusetts, far from home in a lonely wilderness, set aside a time of thanksgiving. On the appointed day, they gave reverent thanks for their safety, for the health of their children, for the fertility of their fields, for the love which bound them together and for the faith which united them with their God."
Setting aside time to give thanks for one's blessings, along with holding a feast to celebrate a harvest, are both practices that long predate the European settlement of North America. The first documented thanksgiving services in territory currently belonging to the United States were conducted by Spaniards and the French in the 16th century.
Piggish
Practices such as expressing gratitude, and sharing are integral to many indigenous cultures and communities. However one exception remains. The Armstrong churches of God, who in their self-righteousness, condemn the giving of thanks to God. They are of one mind with the atheist community.
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