“The most effective way to destroy people is to deny and obliterate their own understanding of their history.” ― George Orwell

Postcard dated November 11, 1909.

Happy Thanksgiving Day eve, on this Wednesday, November 27, 2019. I chose that particular postcard from the past because there has always been a connection to God and His provision for our nation, the United States of America. In regards to this, here are some interesting facts lifted from the George Washington Mount Vernon Website:

George Washington and Thanksgiving

Americans don’t know it and children aren’t taught it, but George Washington is responsible for our Thanksgiving holiday. It was our first president, not the Pilgrims and not Abraham Lincoln, who led the charge to make this day of thanks a truly national event.

Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789

On October 3, 1789, George Washington issued his Thanksgiving proclamation, designating for “the People of the United States a day of public thanks-giving” to be held on “Thursday the 26th day of November,” 1789, marking the first national celebration of a holiday that has become commonplace in today’s households.

Primary Source and Transcription

While subsequent presidents failed to maintain this tradition, it was Washington’s original proclamation that guided Abraham Lincoln’s 1863 Thanksgiving Proclamation. In fact, Lincoln issued his proclamation on the same day, October 3, and marked the same Thanksgiving Day, Thursday, November 26, as Washington, setting Thanksgiving as the last Thursday of November after our first president’s example. The proclamation was printed in newspapers, including the October 9, 1789 issue of the Pennsylvania Packet and Daily Advertiser.

George Washington first mentioned the possibility of a national Thanksgiving Day in a confidential letter to James Madison in August 1789 (just months after taking office), asking for his advice on approaching the Senate for their opinion on “a day of thanksgiving.”

By the end of September 1789, a resolution had been introduced to the House of Representatives requesting that “a joint committee of both Houses be directed to wait upon the President of the United States, to request that he would recommend to the people of the United States a day of public thanksgiving.” The committee put the resolution before the president and George Washington issued the first national Thanksgiving Proclamation within days. ~

Now we know. Washington's words, "by the Providence of Almighty God" still ring true today. And, fortunately, it's too late to bring impeachment proceedings against him for being politically insensitive to the politically correct world. I just threw that in for good measure, however, I'm not sure how measured or good it was. The bottom line, as a people, as a nation, we have God to thank for our existence. The 'Father of our Country' agreed with that truth and so should we all. Amen. ....More later.