Really wish at least 2 things would be straightened out about all this historic stuff.
A. Jamestown, VA was the first permanent English settlement, not New England.
B. Thanksgiving is NOT a very specific scheduled concept. Our ancestors declared that God should be publicly and officially thanked in response to MANY occasions, as they happened. Not simply timed every year at the same time. Which I wonder may be better. Washington and Congress declared TGs during the war at various times, e.g.
Another....that everyone somehow links this now-regularly scheduled tradition to New England 400 years ago, when in fact it is only regular since Abe Lincoln.
Ah, the crucible of posting of FR, where snowflakes melt faster than on a hot tin roof. If this forum doesn’t toughen one up and hone one’s writing skills, nothing will! :)
Setting aside the historical arguments, THIS Thanksgiving should be something very special to each and everyone of us! General Washington’s sentiments still ring true to this day.
God Bless us, everyone. Oh, wait ... that’s for the next Holiday :)
Hear, hear!
See 21 for today!