Comments on: We Thank Thee, O DC… http://www.welovedc.com/2009/11/26/we-thank-thee-o-dc/ Your Life Beyond The Capitol Fri, 10 Feb 2012 03:18:19 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carlos http://www.welovedc.com/2009/11/26/we-thank-thee-o-dc/comment-page-1/#comment-14463 Carlos Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:37:52 +0000 http://www.welovedc.com/?p=22997#comment-14463 Let’s take time also to pause and reflect kindly on the spirit of this most American of holidays, and the true story of the voyage that would change the world: The Dutch coast of Delfthaven in 1620, William Bradford and his 102 Pilgrims of Leyden (including 35 children) crammed below deck on a 90 foot ship called the Mayflower; The half that survived at Plymouth Rock settlement planting corn, potatoes and raising turkeys with the indigenous Indians they encountered peacefully to then enjoy, Pilgrim and Indian together, their first harvest feast: the first Thanksgiving in 1621. “O most merciful Father, we bow our heads in gratitude on this our Thanksgiving Day. We give thee humble and hearty thanks for this thy bounty; beseeching thee to continue thy loving kindness to us, that our land may yield her increase, to thy glory and our comfort. Amen.” -Thanksgiving Day Propers from The Episcopalian Book of Common Prayer (1689). Let’s take time also to pause and reflect kindly on the spirit of this most American of holidays, and the true story of the voyage that would change the world:

The Dutch coast of Delfthaven in 1620, William Bradford and his 102 Pilgrims of Leyden (including 35 children) crammed below deck on a 90 foot ship called the Mayflower;

The half that survived at Plymouth Rock settlement planting corn, potatoes and raising turkeys with the indigenous Indians they encountered peacefully to then enjoy, Pilgrim and Indian together, their first harvest feast: the first Thanksgiving in 1621.

“O most merciful Father, we bow our heads in gratitude on this our Thanksgiving Day. We give thee humble and hearty thanks for this thy bounty; beseeching thee to continue thy loving kindness to us, that our land may yield her increase, to thy glory and our comfort. Amen.”

-Thanksgiving Day Propers from The Episcopalian Book of Common Prayer (1689).

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