Three United States presidents have issued Thanksgiving Day proclamations. George Washington issued the first proclamation, as the new Republic was getting started in 1798. James Madison issued one in 1815. Abraham Lincoln issued two, one in 1862 and one in 1863. But it wasn't until the 1863 proclamation that Thanksgiving became an annual observance.
The first proclamation by Washington and the second by Lincoln are posted at Dancing Priest today.
Top photograph by Virginia Simionato via Unsplash. Used with permission.
Some Thursday Readings
Thankfulness is a Year-long Habit – Terry Whalin at The Writing Life.
“The New-England Boy’s Song about Thanksgiving Day ,” poem by Lydia Maria Child – Joseph Bottum at Poems Ancient and Modern.
Thanksgiving Sonnet – Kelly Belmonte at Kelly’s Scribbles.
A Nation’s Gratitude: The First Presidential Thanksgiving – Jason Clark at This is the Day.
Thanksgiving: A Sonnet – Malcolm Guite.
The Year Washington (Almost) Canceled Thanksgiving – Michael Connolly at The Imaginative Conservative.
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