When American families celebrate Thanksgiving, many hearken back to the Pilgrims — who braved a brutal first year at Plymouth Bay Colony and then, after a bountiful harvest, stopped everything to give thanks to God.
For years after that, many remembered those first difficult days in a new land and the years of plenty that followed — and also thanked God for rewarding their labor. But it was not until 1789, when that new land had a name and a new leader, that Thanksgiving officially became an American holiday.
Daily Wire editor Emeritus Ben Shapiro shared the decree, issued by President George Washington, in a post on X along with his own caption: “Happy Thanksgiving — and, of course, thanks to God for His blessings on the greatest nation in the history of the planet.”
Happy Thanksgiving — and, of course, thanks to God for His blessings on the greatest nation in the history…
