Yes, even to you heathen LIBTARDS that still believe the Pilgrims were thankful only to the Wampanoag Indians for bailing their asses out and saving them from starvation. WRONG! They were thankful to [GASP!] Almighty God for everything in their lives, and especially one Indian named Squanto.
One of the best truthful explanations of the whole story of Thanksgiving was told annually by the great El Rushbo on his last live broadcast before Thanksgiving. As a faithful listener of his from January 1991 until his passing, I looked forward to that broadcast every year. A transcript from his last pre-Thanksgiving radio program on 11-24-2020 can be found here.
Below is the Thanksgiving Proclamation from our first President, George Washington.
President George Washington’s
Thanksgiving Proclamation from October 3,
1789
By the President of the United
States of
America, a Proclamation.
Whereas it is the duty of all
Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey
his will, to be grateful for
his benefits, and humbly to implore his protection and favor--
and
whereas
both Houses of Congress have by their joint Committee requested me to recommend
to
the
People of the United States a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be
observed by
acknowledging
with grateful hearts the many signal favors of Almighty God especially by
affording
them an opportunity peaceably to establish a form of government for their
safety and
happiness.
Now therefore I do recommend
and assign Thursday
the 26th day of November next to be
devoted
by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being,
who is the
beneficent
Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be--
That we may
then all unite in
rendering
unto him our sincere and humble thanks--for
his kind care and protection of the People
of
this Country previous to their becoming a Nation--for
the signal and manifold mercies, and the
favorable
interpositions of his Providence which we experienced in the course and conclusion of
the
late war--for the great degree of
tranquility, union, and plenty, which we have since enjoyed--
for
the peaceable and rational manner, in which we have been enabled to establish
constitutions
of
government for our safety and happiness, and particularly the national One now lately
instituted--for the civil and
religious liberty with which we are blessed; and the means we have
of
acquiring and diffusing useful knowledge; and in general for all the great and
various favors
which
he hath been pleased to confer upon
us.
and also that we may then
unite in most humbly offering our prayers and supplications to the
great
Lord and Ruler of Nations and beseech him to pardon our national and other
transgressions--
to enable us
all, whether in public or
private stations, to perform our several and
relative
duties properly and punctually--to render our national
government a blessing to all the
people,
by constantly being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws,
discreetly and
faithfully
executed and
obeyed--to protect and guide all
Sovereigns and Nations (especially such
as
have shewn kindness unto us) and to bless them with good government, peace, and
concord--
To promote the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue, and
the encrease
of science
among them and us--and generally to grant
unto all Mankind such a degree of temporal
prosperity as he
alone knows to be best.
Given under my hand at the City of New York the
third day of October
in the year of our Lord 1789.
