{"id":2272,"date":"2018-11-22T11:27:48","date_gmt":"2018-11-22T17:27:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/obiehouse.com\/blog\/?p=2272"},"modified":"2018-11-22T11:27:48","modified_gmt":"2018-11-22T17:27:48","slug":"george-washingtons-thanksgiving-proclamation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obiehouse.com\/blog\/george-washingtons-thanksgiving-proclamation\/","title":{"rendered":"George Washington&#8217;s Thanksgiving Proclamation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #393939;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: 300%;\"><i>George Washington\u2019s Thanksgiving Proclamation<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"400\" width=\"440\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"mainImg\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media.nga.gov\/public\/objects\/1\/7\/8\/1\/4\/1\/178141-primary-0-440x400.jpg?resize=440%2C400&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Washington before Yorktown\" data-zoom=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"western\"><span style=\"color: #393939;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">Detail from Rembrandt Peale\u2019s Washington Before Yorktown; <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/collection\/art-object-page.178141.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">https:\/\/www.nga.gov\/collection\/art-object-page.178141.html<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/u><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">By the President of the United States of America, a Proclamation.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">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 \u2013 and whereas both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend to the People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by affording them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their safety and happiness.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be \u2013 That we may then all unite in rendering unto him our sincere and humble thanks \u2013 for his kind care and protection of the People of this Country previous to their becoming a Nation \u2013 for the signal and manifold mercies, and the favorable interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of the late war \u2013 for the great degree of tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed \u2013 for the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately instituted \u2013 for the civil and religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have of acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the great Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions \u2013 to enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our several and relative duties properly and punctually \u2013 to render our national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws, discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed \u2013 to protect and guide all Sovereigns and Nations (especially such as have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and concord \u2013 To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and the encrease of science among them and us \u2013 and generally to grant unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal prosperity as he alone knows to be best.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #666666;\"><span style=\"font-family: Georgia, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Given under my hand at the City of New York the third day of October in the year of our Lord 1789.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Washington\u2019s Thanksgiving Proclamation Detail from Rembrandt Peale\u2019s Washington Before Yorktown; 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