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BENEVOLENCE VOLUME 58 — NO. 47
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FROM THE EDITOR'S DESK issue a proclamation to make it a holiday in Virginia. He was adviekd not to issue it because most of the citizens Of the state still considered it the remains of puritan fanatic zeal. All this action did raise great public controversy. Finally, in 1857, Governor Wile, successor to Johns, issued a proclamation without asking advice, and the people celebrated the day in true Southern style. Eight Southern states celebrated the day until the Civil War began, but in 1864 President Lincoln proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November as Thanksgiving, and the whole country has observed Thanksgiving ever since, with a one week change in the date during President Franklin D. ReoEuvelt's administration.
Thanksgiving Day in the United States is a day annually set aside for thanksgiving. Proclamations by the presidents and the governors of the various states have made it a national holiday. Thanksgiving, as old as the human race, has the same idea everywhere. It i9 the appreciation for harvest. By Whatever name Thanksgiving is celebrated whether it be in some village in Czechoslovakia, or Poland, or Finland, or Italy, or in our own country in our own day of celebrating, it meant the same appreciation of the harvest. Giving thanks is a CU.;;Lol.11 as old as man and as universal as the human race. Lou;‘; before a! , Christmas era, \\Tie won7:11.1pect n Ln ho_ :•:•, ful
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, Pilgrim;:.., who in gi e the first harvest grown in their new homeland, set December 13, 1621, (there ist a disagreement as to the month and day, but not the year) as a day to be devoted to praise and rejoicing.
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i celebrated by America since 14.92. However, in the South, there was practically no celebration of Thanksgiving until 1855. At that time, Governor Johns of Virginia asked the legislature to recognize the day, so he could
Whether Thanksgiving was started by the Pilgrims or by otht us does not seem to matter, for it is typically an American institution in its mode of celebration. It is the day for the family gatherings and Thursday will find many famille9 meeting together for the traditional turkey dinne • augo.anted with dressing, cranberry, sauce, •3 . 1;p salads and various vegetables, with dessert of mince or pumpkin pie. Quite diffei.ent fare from that of the Pilgrims on that first Thanksgiving Day in 1621! Even the guests were different — for on that day the Pilgrims were hosts to the Indians who brought