Tag: President George Washington

George Washington: Thanksgiving Day 1789 – and 2021

Happy Thanksgiving 2021 to All My Fellow Americans!
by Jude Cowell
Sunday November 21, 2021
When an undoubtedly grateful President George Washington issued a proclamation for, "the People of the United States a day of public thanks-giving" to be held on Thursday November 26, 1789, America’s first official Thanksgiving Day came into effect. (Follow the link for a view of the newspaper

The Eclipse that Affects All US Presidential Elections

Solar Eclipses and US Presidential Elections
by Jude Cowell
Dear Reader: please note that the following post is yet another in my series of ‘forewarned is forearmed’ efforts which, understandably, the overly sensitive reader may wish to skip:
The first official US Presidential Election on Februry 4, 1789 was a breeze with our hugely popular Revolutionary War hero, George Washington, scoring a