Tag: George Washington

• Thank George Washington for Thanksgiving.

  It wasn’t the pilgrims that gave us our modern understanding of Thanksgiving. Nor was it Lincoln’s Thanksgiving declaration during the Civil War. It was our first president, George Washington, who proclaimed, from New York City on October 3, 1789 our first Thanksgiving – a day set aside to thank God for the blessings of the…

  sassevn

  November 28, 2019

  History & Culture, USA

  George Washington, Thanksgiving, The first Thanksgiving.

• Know Your History: The Greatness of George Washington

  I suppose everyone knows that George Washington was a great man. But I wonder if people know why he was a great man. I’m sure some would say that he must be great in order to have a nation’s capital, a state, many towns, and umpteen schools using the famous moniker. Among the many reasons…

  sassevn

  March 19, 2014

  History & Culture

  1787, constitutional convention, George Washington, the greatness of George Washington, US presidents, why George Washington was great