The uniquely American celebration of Thanksgiving began in the Fall of 1621 when the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag celebrated together the first harvest of the Pilgrims. In 1621 it was a three day celebration. Those were the first European settlers that had managed to survive in the New World, thanks to the help of the [...]
President Abraham Lincoln established Thanksgiving Day by Proclamation on October 3, 1863. You can read the proclamation below. Abraham Lincoln Did you know that Thanksgiving wasn’t an official American holiday until 1863 when Abraham Lincoln made a proclamation establishing Thanksgiving Day? A lot of people don’t know that. We are taught that it is a [...]
One Soldier just looks like another to MoveOn.org apparently. You’d think they’d learn from their mistakes, but apparently they just don’t understand. You know, they all look alike. It would be funny if it weren’t so tragic. MoveOn.org continues its efforts to undermine the military by running ads making our military look like a bunch [...]
I was reading some Thanksgiving posts earlier and was a little taken aback at the vile words written by some about Thanksgiving. It seems that some people view it as a ‘racist’ holiday! It seems that anything that is traditionally American is ‘racist’ anymore. That’s really very sad to me. I have a hard time [...]
The Thunder Run has a WONDERFUL story of a happy homecoming. She sweet talked the Patriot Guard Riders into giving them an escort from the Atlanta Airport … how cool is THAT! All in all, everything went great… he seemed really blown away by the welcome home and all the support!!! It just seemed to [...]
Every time we have an election my Beloved Curmudgeon says something to the effect that the rest of the world must look at us in wonder that we regularly transfer power peacefully. I guess we all have certain things our spouses say that we can predict. That’s one of the things I can predict. I [...]