My Dear Angela, I would request that anyone who took issue with what you have sent here direct their concerns to me in person. God Bless you , and God Bless this great nation of ours. Walter K. Johnson ( Sgt. K-Co 75th Airborne Rangers/ L.R.R.P., 4th Infantry Division An Khe Viet Nam 1969-70) 2nd Vice Commander Chapter 22, Disabled American Veterans 80 Fairview Road Marianna, Fl. 32448 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Myline99@aol.com> To: <ILBOND-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, November 26, 1999 9:42 PM Subject: [ILBOND-L] History YES, Genealogy MAYBE > > --part1_0.5601ca4b.2570ad37_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Hope this does not cause any problems, but I had to send it with all good > intentions. > > God Bless, > Angela > > > --part1_0.5601ca4b.2570ad37_boundary > Content-Type: message/rfc822 > Content-Disposition: inline > > Return-Path: <TENNESSEE-L-request@rootsweb.com> > Received: from rly-zc05.mx.aol.com (rly-zc05.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.5]) by > air-zc04.mail.aol.com (vx) with ESMTP; Fri, 26 Nov 1999 00:03:45 > -0500 > Received: from bl-11.rootsweb.com (bl-11.rootsweb.com [204.212.38.27]) by > rly-zc05.mx.aol.com (v65.4) with ESMTP; Fri, 26 Nov 1999 00:03:35 > 1900 > Received: (from slist@localhost) > by bl-11.rootsweb.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id UAA27508; > Thu, 25 Nov 1999 20:59:27 -0800 (PST) > Resent-Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 20:59:27 -0800 (PST) > Message-ID: <383E12B9.186EC7A7@ojai.net> > Date: Thu, 25 Nov 1999 20:55:21 -0800 > From: Sid Moore <smoore@ojai.net> > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) > X-Accept-Language: en > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Old-To: Sid Moore <smoore@ojai.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > Subject: [TENNESSEE] History YES, Genealogy MAYBE > Resent-Message-ID: <7oW_eB.A.ltG.tOhP4@bl-11.rootsweb.com> > To: TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-From: TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com > Reply-To: TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com > X-Mailing-List: <TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com> archive/latest/4853 > X-Loop: TENNESSEE-L@rootsweb.com > Precedence: list > Resent-Sender: TENNESSEE-L-request@rootsweb.com > > While we think about and study our past we should not forget why we had > a paid holiday and a bigger meal to feast upon this day. This > resolution was delivered to President George Washington, who readily > agreed with its suggestion and put forth the following proclamation by > his signature: > > A NATIONAL THANKSGIVING > > 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 and 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 in the course and conclusion of the > late war; for the great degree of tranquillity, 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 has been pleased to confer > upon us. > > And also that we may then unite in most humbly offering our prayers and > supplication 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 shown kindness to us), and to bless them > with good governments, peace, and concord; to promote the knowledge and > practice of > true religion and virtue, and the increase 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 3d day of October, AD > 1789 > -- George Washington > > > ==== TENNESSEE Mailing List ==== > To make comments or suggestions, contact Linda DeRamus at: > LDKT@infoave.net > > > --part1_0.5601ca4b.2570ad37_boundary-- >