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Thanksgiving Eve: Dust and Ashes
Published 10 months ago
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John Adams Thanksgiving Proclamation read, "I HAVE therefore thought fit to recommend that Wednesday the Ninth Day of May next be observed throughout the United States, as a day of Solemn Humiliation, Fasting and Prayer". Humiliation? What is humiliation and why is this a part of Thanksgiving?
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