In 1789, Washington urged the people of the United States to celebrate “a day of public thanksgiving and prayer.” ...
Sign up here to follow this column by email. They came for George Washington on a chilly November night in 2020. Wielding ...
Colonial Americans, including George Washington, celebrated countless "thanksgivings" throughout their lives – just not in ...
The excerpt below sheds light on the president’s state of mind as the first Inauguration Day approached. The Congressional delay in certifying George Washington’s election as president only allowed ...
Washington doesn’t impose that duty on the people. He acknowledges their desire, expressed through Congress, to fulfill this ...