In October 1789, long before Americans made it a national holiday, President George Washington issued a proclamation calling for a National Day of Thanksgiving. Indeed, Washington repeatedly referenced the Divine as the source of our rights, peace, and prosperity. Perhaps most shocking to many Americans today is Washington’s specific admonition that that “good government” would promote “the knowledge and practice of true religion and virtue.” For Washington, religious liberty didn’t mean government neutrality toward religion. To him and his fellow founders, religion, virtue, and liberty were inexorably linked. If so, future generations might consider us among the blessings for which they are thankful.

Source: Fox News November 28, 2019 10:52 UTC