Show DAY FOR THANKS presidential e fitial proclamations are prepared with care state department specialist draws them up before they are submit ted led for presidential signature it Is a mistake to suppose tint that tho the annual thanksgiving of nf tile hie pr sidella of 0 the united stiff klutas Is abw aliis ays or dictated by 71 hie resident As a matter ot of fact abou t all the Pre Adent has hi to do with annual call for a day of rejoicing find and thanksgiving the first thanksgiving proclamation ever issued by ft a president of the united states was signed by Il george eorge washington and the lie original document la Is preserved in the library of the state department the first crift of the proclamation started off in the calar calamities rift es which afflict so ronny many of the nations but attorney beneral edward did not issued ac I 1 on oil jan 1 1705 and sot set apart alie lie following fell 10 19 a as a day for thanks giving and prayer prater any one lie who de delics lips to see all the thanksgiving proclamations issued b by of tho the states mutes will find them pr e served in fit red leather vo i clumps lutnes in the stale department soine smile years ears ago observes ob adms a writer ol of national reputation I 1 luid bad the rare inre plon surp of linvina ll all n official of the lie state delai show how to ine the issing relative to lit di y they are nil all handsomely hound lit in red leather keepers keeper and it vas afla gratifying to see ce wilif flit caro care these documents were kept nen even tile one issued by dent delit corge wn toll wits was there ith all its glory glon hut but it was as nut cot concion conc 1 e 0 irn rn aft awaad froam cov v u 1 l ahn 4 14 itutti ot c tit it Is to sign his goinie to it the astuni composition of the thanksgiving proc initiation li 19 the work ork of a specialist lit in the state department ot at washington he endeavors year 3 car after year to express pr e ss practically pra the same sentiments in rin nn entirely new way vay or nt at lont leat without repenting verbatim anything that lint had been said in previous thanksgiving and as aa may he be readily understood tills this tusk task Is if becoming more with each sue suc ing a ir ns is it was ol ob lemed on feb 10 1705 and du dated ted january J 1791 the hie other residents presidents intermittent ly or occasionally proclaimed tile the ali iny of prier prayer and I 1 was burlous cm tons to knon lust just what lait engaged the lie tit ol of janies Ma illson lit in ISM just hii years no ago and it lias has in part these rood good lines the lay day lie be sot set apart on which nil 0 may ina liae have opportunity limit of talu r bow a a lu bowa fecu fK cU huttl tu att 4 t or OR t 4 itTu 4 ew wn daU anwa sto VA alva 4 I 1 aty tha t i 14 tau y MU AU tal ot gg i offering fit at the same time in their respective religious assemblies their humble adoration of the great sov crelin ot of the universe of confessing their sins sing and transgressions transgress lona and of strengthening their vows rows of repentance and it a they will be invited by the game solemn occasion to call to mind the distinguished favors conferred on the american people in their security and in the victot les which have hae so powerfully JAI aaa jaa J aa chui coui afu hsih bavza ft q bao aaa a Aj it tr af a to truit pu i ata adymt aft amit wit woj wu adov out GA aa y atiat w r 1 I dj W li y cr ci ass 0 A 0 ak c 14 d aul A evl t S y d u I 1 1 r auml 0 OA WA di lur Wu 14 otway va 7 t I 1 at tP prove nf if midi mch 11 or if thanks riving li ni ossip so 11 he linn 1 l it lo 10 ti aben we vie review iulo file vl illi afflict so many other milons the ain ent condition of if the ln united state filsell mutter uc of ow olat efin alad wt iti filet loil evell fill tills bitenc di tenc lle vin chamrod N wi atton revised il sil fiodi led find filtered several eutril euTi il lines intes by li rt riOus nitin licis mi of tilt a blint to whom it wits MS b but ut it to tile dediw mill and krotec tinn of tn in safety sit toty agal list dangers d from while george washington bated alic tit of if thanksgiving if f lis hs Suc ceNor sors dd not binl follow ills his example and it was not until ahi Abri diani lincoln became president that tile lie ini its s it holldiay y became a i regular institution in the united states |