George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation of 1789

The history of Thanksgiving is thanking God.

George Washington, the first President of the United States, proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving “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.”

To read the rest of George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation click here.