@Gaijinrabbit re yesterdays comments on Thanksgiving day.
Your comments are fairly correct and agree with what I have read. However, if the quotations in the link I provided are correct, there was definitely a mention of a diety by all three Presidents I mentioned.
Washington: “day of public thanksgiving and prayer.” implored the heavens to “pardon our national and other transgressions” urged the citizenry to practice “true religion and virtue.”
Lincoln: “as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.”
Kennedy: “More than three centuries ago, the Pilgrims, after a year of hardship and peril, humbly and reverently set aside a special day upon which to give thanks to God,” “They paused in their labors to give thanks for the blessings that had been bestowed upon them by Divine Providence.” “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord.”
Thanksgiving was usually a presidential proclamation until 1941 when the date was established by congressional resolution which referred to Thanksgiving and declared it a legal public holiday.
karanne over 8 years ago
What’s with the fourth panel going dark? Power failure in the mall?
ChrisV over 8 years ago
That’s Lila for you, always thinking about others before herself.
pbuckland Premium Member over 8 years ago
@Gaijinrabbit re yesterdays comments on Thanksgiving day.
Your comments are fairly correct and agree with what I have read. However, if the quotations in the link I provided are correct, there was definitely a mention of a diety by all three Presidents I mentioned.
Washington: “day of public thanksgiving and prayer.” implored the heavens to “pardon our national and other transgressions” urged the citizenry to practice “true religion and virtue.”
Lincoln: “as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens.”
Kennedy: “More than three centuries ago, the Pilgrims, after a year of hardship and peril, humbly and reverently set aside a special day upon which to give thanks to God,” “They paused in their labors to give thanks for the blessings that had been bestowed upon them by Divine Providence.” “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the Lord.”
Thanksgiving was usually a presidential proclamation until 1941 when the date was established by congressional resolution which referred to Thanksgiving and declared it a legal public holiday.
pbuckland Premium Member over 8 years ago
Ooops! Typo there. It did fit the season though.
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 8 years ago
What’s with panel 4?
Not the Smartest Man On the Planet -- Maybe Close Premium Member over 8 years ago
What’s with panel 4?