Archive for November 26th, 2006
For Lincoln, Also A Day Of Penitence
Source: On Faith (Newsweek/Washington Post)
In 1789, declaring the first national day of thanksgiving, George Washington mentioned, “…the many and signal favors of Almighty God.”
He recommended a day dedicated “to the service of that great and glorious being.” In 1863, when Abraham Lincoln declared what would become an annual Thanksgiving […]
