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Show WHAT PRESIDENT? Do you know what President issued the first Thanksgiving proclamation? And do you know what was the part played by a New Jersey member of congress in bringing about this first Thanksgiving proclamation? And have you ever heard the romantic story of the disappearance of that proclamation from the national nation-al archives and how it was "lost" for more than 130 years before it was discovered in a New York auction room ? If you don't know all these, be sure to read the feature article, "The First Thanksgiving Proclamation," by Elmo Scott Watson, in this issue of The News. And its's illustrated with a facsmile reproduction of the famous document in the handprinting of President ? ? ? ? . Dont' miss this! |