The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1916-11-24

eSIdenf />aSA1ng70n established
tam 06C1aIy in tie UnHed States,
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blessings iii all ages and eUeyy Oh
IRSF9HE goddess Ceres
M was celebrated annually and was called Ceraa 1t day
A I'll n Of worship and rustic Men pro-
U cessIons and went the fields with music Virgil refers this
e FESTIVAL lie mentions the sacrifices that We're offered in the
MN temples and aludes the joyousne the occasion But
8 4e Roman thanksgiving days confined this annual
ZN$% celebration OF the Ccrala they
n \ held comgemoHuon of victorious martial campaigns rlu
2 THANKSGIVING which observed Then when the facts Of
himself on the ground that he did not "wh to deprive the people of day
way or another Thanksgiving day has been observed in
Christian Europe for centuries before celebration England
the occurred a NarInmas
drinking Occasionally too cyI authorities
enae the Observance of some fixed day To celebrate the victory of King
"E OF England at Asncour October 20 45 public THANKSGIVING
was held on Sunday the feast St Edward the King and Confr Such
yersary of that city from the siege by the sponloris
Many instances of thanksgiving England
during the
EzabGts reign THANKSGIVING entered Rogatn Then
ordered that thanks should be given Almighty God % the Increase and
uance ] o ms fruits upon the earth In this reign too there was
@ Noysr ~ S ana was IN commemonon OF the great victory
thanksgiving day. because of the long time
u deserves special mention After the traitors the Gunpowder plot
had been tried and punished their
deyerance the English should fifth of November
a public thanksgiving Almighty tankuness
may never he forgotten and that all Gods
divine majesty for the same The fifth Of November" continued legal
disuse and in 1S39 yos ofisbeS NV narianont " ~ ~ " " INV
Long before the Pilgrims in
contained expressions of gratitude God for his meces In that Of the
Church @ of England special prayers Were provided for the SUNDAY service
ing day of the Pilgrim fathers Failure make this distinction has led
e claim ta the rGBm 9osts were the first to keep
claim based was the regular sunday service Of he church of EnronG
and while 1t had of thanksgiving
Earded as THANKSGIVING day as that term is understood
The record made in his reeces Bible by William White who
in the Maaowcr has far significance determining the
ye
THY regre White born on board ye Nower in Cape Cod orb
meet for and anksgvins This meeting "ror and thanks
giving Sunday Tuesday The
of Thanksgiving day thond doest the Nonhegan event
The prototype Thanksgiving
festival at Plymouth in 1921 The long winter that followed the establish
survived it, "a" time during the winter only Brewster Sndsh
followed had
cleared 20 acres ana "ae 1t r% o cUton @ aIIs @ INDUSTRY @ to hd
the needs of the approaching winter were laid n Then Governor Bradford
ordered a thanSsGivns--the first in America
In letter to friend in England Edward wtnsio has given us BRIEF
account December it
harvest being gotten Governor
on fowng that so we might after special manner rejoice together after
gathered the fruits of bors They killed much fowl with
g ] % ne G ng tbe rest their greatest Eipr Eossoyt i % ]
oro Gov tbroo dove m entertained foostod +br 4
m they and bestowed
mention of THANKSGIVING
n the autumn pun pue III ' @ pr Of not borGiyt % d sn ga tS
william 689 An autmna thanksgiving held
independently Plymouth occasionally
February,
in
Cod in Germany Paanate The because
tbe bounfu october 6 day-the
rst harvest the history the colony BY 1880 the auumn
hadb festival its
of
ecant date all that episcOpacy in dis
in Massachusetts
During Thanksgiving day became national through
thanksgiving;
Thursday
the beginning the
presidential
time general official recognition throughout Eng
of
chief the Pv
festival Of England
errymang noddngsheaf baby" and in
the drawn the
lled pipe and tabor gath
reapes female singing proceeded At
therew
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