Thursday, November 22, 2007
Day of Publick Thanksgiving & Prayer
Happy Thanksgiving Day, y'all.
The ER house is full -- Dr. ER, Bird, YankeeB, Apollo and Fenway the granddogs, Ortiz the hamster, Jambalaya and Etouffe the hermit crabs, Ice-T the kitty-cat, and Riker, the regal Pembroke Welsh corgi and Bailey the 'tarded weinie dog, all present and accounted for. ER is grateful.
Below is President Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation (cool, historywise), which President Jefferson thought out of place for a president (which is even cooler, religious-freedomwise). Click to enlarge.
--ER
The ER house is full -- Dr. ER, Bird, YankeeB, Apollo and Fenway the granddogs, Ortiz the hamster, Jambalaya and Etouffe the hermit crabs, Ice-T the kitty-cat, and Riker, the regal Pembroke Welsh corgi and Bailey the 'tarded weinie dog, all present and accounted for. ER is grateful.
Below is President Washington's Thanksgiving Proclamation (cool, historywise), which President Jefferson thought out of place for a president (which is even cooler, religious-freedomwise). Click to enlarge.
--ER
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To the whole Redneck Clan, Erudite and otherwise, may your day be filled with laughter and love, and may you all not eat so much that you fall asleep in heaps on the living room rug.
And may your hermit crabs not be eaten by Ice-T who thinks they are hors d'oevres.
Before I leave, on a personal note, thank you, ER, for putting up with me over the past few months, and for allowing us to get to know one another. I always know, with you here, that I am a little less alone than I might otherwise feel. You are a blessing to me pretty much every day. Thanks, dude.
OK, enough serious stuff.
And may your hermit crabs not be eaten by Ice-T who thinks they are hors d'oevres.
Before I leave, on a personal note, thank you, ER, for putting up with me over the past few months, and for allowing us to get to know one another. I always know, with you here, that I am a little less alone than I might otherwise feel. You are a blessing to me pretty much every day. Thanks, dude.
OK, enough serious stuff.
Many happy thanksgiving returns and a very merry holliday greetings to you and yours.
Now to the the normal grump stuff:
Way cool but seven years before:
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
IN COMMITTEE of SAFETY,
EXETER, November 1, 1782.
ORDERED,
THAT the following Proclamation for a general THANKSGIVING on the twenty-eighth day of November [instant?], received from the honorable Continental Congress, be forthwith printed, and sent to the several worshipping Assemblies in this State, to whom it is recommended religiously to observe said day, and to abstain from all servile labour thereon.
M. WEARE, President.
By the United States in Congress assembled.
PROCLAMATION.
IT being the indispensable duty of all Nations, not only to offer up their supplications to ALMIGHTY GOD, the giver of all good, for his gracious assistance in a time of distress, but also in a solemn and public manner to give him praise for his goodness in general, and especially for great and signal interpositions of his providence in their behalf: Therefore the United States in Congress assembled, taking into their consideration the many instances of divine goodness to these States, in the course of the important conflict in which they have been so long engaged; the present happy and promising state of public affairs; and the events of the war, in the course of the year now drawing to a close; particularly the harmony of the public Councils, which is so necessary to the success of the public cause; the perfect union and good understanding which has hitherto subsisted between them and their Allies, notwithstanding the artful and unwearied attempts of the common enemy to divide them; the success of the arms of the United States, and those of their Allies, and the acknowledgment of their independence by another European power, whose friendship and commerce must be of great and lasting advantage to these States:----- Do hereby recommend to the inhabitants of these States in general, to observe, and request the several States to interpose their authority in appointing and commanding the observation of THURSDAY the twenty-eight day of NOVEMBER next, as a day of solemn THANKSGIVING to GOD for all his mercies: and they do further recommend to all ranks, to testify to their gratitude to GOD for his goodness, by a cheerful obedience of his laws, and by promoting, each in his station, and by his influence, the practice of true and undefiled religion, which is the great foundation of public prosperity and national happiness.
Done in Congress, at Philadelphia, the eleventh day of October, in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, and of our Sovereignty and Independence, the seventh.
JOHN HANSON, President.
Charles Thomson, Secretary.
PRINTED AT EXETER.
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Now to the the normal grump stuff:
Way cool but seven years before:
STATE OF NEW-HAMPSHIRE.
IN COMMITTEE of SAFETY,
EXETER, November 1, 1782.
ORDERED,
THAT the following Proclamation for a general THANKSGIVING on the twenty-eighth day of November [instant?], received from the honorable Continental Congress, be forthwith printed, and sent to the several worshipping Assemblies in this State, to whom it is recommended religiously to observe said day, and to abstain from all servile labour thereon.
M. WEARE, President.
By the United States in Congress assembled.
PROCLAMATION.
IT being the indispensable duty of all Nations, not only to offer up their supplications to ALMIGHTY GOD, the giver of all good, for his gracious assistance in a time of distress, but also in a solemn and public manner to give him praise for his goodness in general, and especially for great and signal interpositions of his providence in their behalf: Therefore the United States in Congress assembled, taking into their consideration the many instances of divine goodness to these States, in the course of the important conflict in which they have been so long engaged; the present happy and promising state of public affairs; and the events of the war, in the course of the year now drawing to a close; particularly the harmony of the public Councils, which is so necessary to the success of the public cause; the perfect union and good understanding which has hitherto subsisted between them and their Allies, notwithstanding the artful and unwearied attempts of the common enemy to divide them; the success of the arms of the United States, and those of their Allies, and the acknowledgment of their independence by another European power, whose friendship and commerce must be of great and lasting advantage to these States:----- Do hereby recommend to the inhabitants of these States in general, to observe, and request the several States to interpose their authority in appointing and commanding the observation of THURSDAY the twenty-eight day of NOVEMBER next, as a day of solemn THANKSGIVING to GOD for all his mercies: and they do further recommend to all ranks, to testify to their gratitude to GOD for his goodness, by a cheerful obedience of his laws, and by promoting, each in his station, and by his influence, the practice of true and undefiled religion, which is the great foundation of public prosperity and national happiness.
Done in Congress, at Philadelphia, the eleventh day of October, in the year of our LORD one thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, and of our Sovereignty and Independence, the seventh.
JOHN HANSON, President.
Charles Thomson, Secretary.
PRINTED AT EXETER.
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