Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-11-24

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annual re'u Il u Int se''on'
D"lnS the heVeiution' thanks
giving day was ii n"'ional ihs'i'u'ion'
beng annually recommended 10y
Congress, but alter 'he general
thanksgiving Tor peace IN l'of'
there was no national Observance OF
the day till l'oo, when President
Washington, by request OF Congress,
recommended day o. thanksslv-
ing Tor the adoption OF the Con
stition. Washington issued a sec
ond proclamation III l''o on account
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OF the suppression OF insnirectl'n.
President Madison, by request OF
Congress, recommended thanks6iV-
lrS for peace III lolo.
In New YORK the day mas been an
nual'y oDServed since lol'' In 1919
governor johnson, oi Virginia. le-
commented day Tor thanhsS'Vih3'
but III 1901, Governor "lse' being
requested to 90 So pupilciy Declined
Claiming that he had no auth Only 10
interfere IN religious matters. In
1898, thanksgiving prociamatlons
were issued by the Governors OF eight
OF the southern otates. Inc DAY mas
been ofhcially recognized as a puollc
holiday since loO5' when PRESIDENT
Alncoln issued Ills proclamation 1or
national thanksgiving.
New England may, however, claim
the distinction OF oiilclally observing
thanksgiving DAY with re'loious cere-
MONIES. 1he DAY 'hcre mas been
Tor more Than a century a pflnclpal
holiday, more renowned ana sacred
~ regarded than Christmas.
The pracuce OF appointing day
OF solemn convocation, the " feast
OF tabernacles' or the " feast of the
ingatherlnS at The end OF the year,
however, may be traced back mole
than three thousand years. About
,ooO years before the birth OF Christ,