President Lincoln's Proclamation
Secretary of State William Seward drafted Abraham Lincoln's proclamation in 1863 establishing the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving and praise "to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens."
Seward's prose was not nearly as poetic as Lincoln's, but the fact that the president and his chief advisers could look to the Almighty and give thanks in the middle of an awful civil war is most assuredly a testament to their ultimate faith in the grand experiment called The United States of America.
The full Lincoln proclamation is here.
A happy and blessed Thanksgiving. And, thanks for visiting The Johnson Post.
Thursday, November 26, 2009
The First Thanksgiving
President Lincoln's Proclamation
Secretary of State William Seward drafted Abraham Lincoln's proclamation in 1863 establishing the last Thursday of November as a national day of thanksgiving and praise "to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens."
Seward's prose was not nearly as poetic as Lincoln's, but the fact that the president and his chief advisers could look to the Almighty and give thanks in the middle of an awful civil war is most assuredly a testament to their ultimate faith in the grand experiment called The United States of America.
The full Lincoln proclamation is here.
A happy and blessed Thanksgiving. And, thanks for visiting The Johnson Post.
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