The first federal Thanksgiving in 1779 still has lessons for us today

Fox News.com ^ | November 23, 2017 | Jonathan Den Hartog

[Kaslin]

It doesn’t take much to pick up on the dour mood of our country today. Citizens are unimpressed with political leadership, divided amongst themselves, and uncertain about America’s role in the world.

In the face of these challenges, remembering the history of Thanksgiving can prove its civic value – beyond the private joys of a well-stuffed turkey, three professional football games and pre-planning for Black Friday shopping.

To capture such public benefits, we should turn not just to the Pilgrims of the 1620s, but to the First Federal Thanksgiving of 1789. The American founding leadership realized that a national Thanksgiving could be a useful reminder for public officials of their duty, for building unity in a diverse society, and for keeping national arrogance in check.

President George Washington, members of Congress and other federal government officials who assembled in New York in 1789 confronted the uncertainty of creating a government without a road map. They realized they had more responsibilities than just those laid out in the newly ratified Constitution.

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(from the article) :" a national Thanksgiving could be a useful reminder for public officials of their duty, for building unity in a diverse society,
and for keeping national arrogance in check." Obviously, Conyers doesn't know what Thanksgiving is all about !
He is too convenient with his power and committees , and doesn't relish the idea of becoming a 'Common man' again
and therefore losses his "legislative privileged" !!

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