Thanks for the enlightenment, Walt. I was thinking Philadelphia was the seat of government in the early days. School days were a long time ago for me <grin>, and I haven't had time to watch the series done on PBS on New York that I taped. Linda G. Walt Johnson wrote: > he was in new York City as that was our first capital. Lincoln did make it > a full time Annual Holiday though > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Linda Garrett <fredd1907@earthlink.net> > To: <ILBOND-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 27, 1999 10:21 AM > Subject: [ILBOND-L] Thanksgiving proclamation > > > Thanks for the post. I didn't know it had originally been suggested by > > George Washington. It was officially instituted in 1863 by Abraham > > Lincoln. It's also interesting to note George Washington was in New York > > City when he signed this proclamation. > > Linda G. > >