November 24, 2011 By Joseph Ashby The first official United States Thanksgiving came on November 26, 1789.  In the first year of the Constitutional Republic, both houses of Congress recommended to George Washington that he set apart a day for “thanksgiving and payer.”  President Washington agreed and proclaimed the fourth Thursday of November that year [...]

Nov 24, 2011 Janet M. LaRue Psychiatrist Karl Menninger, founder of the Menninger Clinic, raised the question, “Whatever became of sin?” in his 1973 book title. There was a time when U.S. presidents made certain that our sin didn’t fade from our national conscience. Not this year. The Huffington Post reviewed the Thanksgiving Proclamations of [...]

By Mark Alexander · Wednesday, November 23, 2011 The genuine spirit of Thanksgiving. “I do recommend and assign Thursday … next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will [...]

November 24, 2011 By Gary Aminoff All Americans know the history of the origin of Thanksgiving. A group of separatists from the Anglican Church left Plymouth, England in September 1620 for the New World, where they felt they would be able to have both civil and religious liberty.  They sailed across the Atlantic, in a [...]

This holiday is for celebrating our blessings By THE WASHINGTON TIMES The Washington Times Wednesday, November 23, 2011 Since when did Thanksgiving become a time for suffering limitations? Coming hard on the heels of NBC’s annual Green Week, we are hearing the now commonplace annual buzz about making this year’s Thanksgiving eco-friendly and sustainable. It [...]

By Rabbi Brad Hirschfield Published November 24, 2011 FoxNews.com The keys to having a happy Thanksgiving, or at least a happier one than you might otherwise be anticipating, have little to do with getting the turkey right, or managing the annoying relative who seems to be a part of everyone’s family. Those things help, a [...]

‘For all our social discord we yet remain the longest enduring society of free men governing themselves without benefit of kings or dictators.’ Nov 23, 2011 WSJ Any one whose labors take him into the far reaches of the country, as ours lately have done, is bound to mark how the years have made the [...]

Story by Cpl. Katherine M. Solano Nov 20, 2011 CAMP LEATHERNECK, Afghanistan – The Marines with the Postal Detachment, Headquarters and Service Company, 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) are accustomed to moving upward of 10,000 pounds of mail per day, but with the holiday season approaching, that amount will nearly double. With the increase of [...]

Nov 19, 2011 Dear Interested Reader, and many friends, Due to an illness in our family, I can no longer put the stories together for you, but will give you all the sites I go to.  It’s my hope that you’ll continue to stay informed, as I’ll continue to do so too. Thank you for [...]