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American History

On the History of Thanksgiving

 

There is much to concern us this year but also much to be thankful for, including the brave men and women who volunteer to guard our shares and police our streets.

At this Thanksgiving we should recall what life was like for the Pilgrims who arrived on these shores in December of 1620. As the Plimoth Plantation describes it:

 

Many of the colonists fell ill. They were probably suffering from scurvy and pneumonia caused by a lack of shelter in the cold, wet weather. Although the Pilgrims were not starving, their sea-diet was very high in salt, which weakened their bodies on the long journey and during that first winter. As many as two or three people died each day during their first two months on land. Only 52 people survived the first year in Plymouth. When Mayflower left Plymouth on April 5, 1621, she was sailed back to England by only half of her crew.
 

Nevertheless, a year after their arrival they sat down for a feast of thanksgiving. They had befriended and made a treaty of mutual protection with the Pokanoket Wampanoag leader, Ousamequin, also known as Massasoit to the Pilgrims.

In the fall of 1621, the colonists marked their first harvest with a three-day celebration. Massasoit and 90 of his men joined the English for feasting and entertainment. In the 1800s this famous celebration became the basis for the story of the First Thanksgiving.It would be easy to focus on the passing difficulties of our time, especially for those of us who fight daily to preserve the God-given liberties that have blessed this land since the time of the Pilgrims. But, as they did, we must pause to reflect on all that is good and on the Source of this goodness.

I am particularly fond of a hymn popularly associated with Thanksgiving Day and often sung at family meals and religious services on this day, having been brought to America by Dutch settlers in New Amsterdam, now New York City. It was written by Adrianus Valerius and is entitled “Wilt Heden Nu Treden” (“We Gather Together.”)
 

We gather together to ask the Lord’s blessing;
He chastens and hastens His will to make known.
The wicked oppressing now cease from distressing.
Sing praises to His Name; He forgets not His own.
Beside us to guide us, our God with us joining,
Ordaining, maintaining His kingdom divine;
So from the beginning the fight we were winning;
Thou, Lord, were at our side, all glory be Thine!
We all do extol Thee, Thou Leader triumphant,
And pray that Thou still our Defender will be.
Let Thy congregation escape tribulation;
Thy Name be ever praised! O Lord, make us free!
 

All of us at Judicial Watch wish you and yours a most blessed Thanksgiving! I would be remiss if I also did not thank you, Dear Supporter, for you any and all support you’ve given Judicial Watch throughout the year. Of course, your special support now for Judicial Watch’s essential work would be most welcome. You can support us directly here!


Until next week,

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Robert Welch’s 1958 Speech on the Downfall of America (rumble.com)

Compare to what is going on today, November 2023… Eerie.

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“It is impossible to rightly govern the world without God and the Bible.”
– George Washington


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Ben Franklin: Printer, Postmaster, Ambassador, Inventor, & Founding Father!

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JOHN ADAMS (video)



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Coerce Americans into obedience


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HITLER TO OUTSPOKEN PASTOR:

“I will protect the German people. You take care of the church. You pastors should worry about getting people to heaven, and leave this world to me”.
~ ADOLPH HITLER


“Silence in the face of evil, is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak, is to speak. Not to act, is to act”.
~ DIETRICH BONHOEFFER


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Why America Matters!


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Socialism Warning “A government big enough to GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU WANT is a government big enough to TAKE FROM YOU EVERYTHING YOU HAVE”-President Ford – American Minute with Bill Federer


Labor Day, Railroad Strikes, Grover Cleveland, Eugene Debs, Socialist Party of America, Outsourcing – American Minute with Bill Federer


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Prairie Rose: A Bold Defender of American Liberty



JEFFERSON & ADAMS — 50 years after the Declaration of Independence – they died the SAME DAY, July 4, 1826


Sons of Liberty


Selected Works on Tyranny


FIRST Prayer of the Continental Congress

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Collection of manuscript Magna Cartas and early English statutes


The Virginia Gazette


Independence Day — “GREATEST REVOLUTION that has ever taken place IN THE WORLD’S HISTORY”


First Christian Missionaries to the Hawaiian Islands – American Minute with Bill Federer


“DUTY is ours; results are God’s” – American Minute with Bill Federer


In God we TRUST by our Founding Fathers


Learn the significance of American citizenship and the threats it faces today.

 

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Timeline of the American Revolution

Lead-in To War: 1763 to 1774

End of the Seven Years War

February 10, 1763
The Treaty of Paris ends the Seven Years War (French and Indian War). France surrenders all of its North American possessions east of the Mississippi to Britain. This ends a source of insecurity for the British colonists along the Atlantic Coast. The costs of the war and maintaining an army will lead the British government to impose new taxes on its colonists, with world-shaking results.

Learn more about Fort Necessity National Battlefield

Passage of the Stamp Act

March 22, 1765
Britain passes the Stamp Act, imposing a tax on legal documents, newspapers, even playing cards. This is the first direct tax on the American colonists and is hotly resisted. A successful American campaign to have the act repealed will give Americans confidence that they can avoid future taxes as well.

British Troops Occupy Boston

October 1768
British troops land in Boston to enforce the Townshend duties (taxes on paint, paper, tea, etc., passed in June 1767) and clamp down on local radicals. The troops’ presence doesn’t sit well with locals and leads to street fights. One clash between soldiers and a mob in March 1770 will leave five dead. Radicals will call it the Boston Massacre, while the British will call it the incident on King Street.

https://youtu.be/spAyoI-MZuk
Liberty’s Kids

Learn more about Boston National Historical Park

Committees of Correspondence Established

Spring 1772
Committees of Correspondence are established throughout the colonies to coordinate American response to British colonial policy. This represents an important move toward cooperation, mutual action, and the development of a national identity among Americans.

Britain Tries to Intimidate Massachusetts

March to June, 1774
The British Parliament passes the Coercive Acts, often called the Intolerable Acts in America. Among other actions, Britain closes the port of Boston and requires British troops to be housed in taverns and vacant buildings. The acts generate considerable sympathy for Massachusetts among other colonies.

https://youtu.be/SlRnkQtd2g8
Intolerable Acts

Independence Declared: 1775 to 1777

War Breaks Out

April 19, 1775
The first shots of the Revolutionary War are fired at Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts. The news of the bloodshed rockets along the eastern seaboard, and thousands of volunteers converge—called “Minute Men”—on Cambridge, Mass. These are the beginnings of the Continental Army.

https://youtu.be/0JLvRJzvOic
Lexington & Concord

Learn more about Minute Man National Historical Park

Britain Forms an Alliance with Patriot Slaves

November 1775
The British governor of Virginia, Lord Dunmore, issues a proclamation offering freedom to any slaves of rebellious Americans who are able to enter British lines. Throughout the course of the war, tens of thousands of African Americans will seek their freedom by supporting the British. A smaller number will fight on the patriot (pro-independence) side, despite policies that discourage their enlistment

Battle of Bunker Hill: Americans Hold Their Own

June 17, 1775
In the first major action of the war, inexperienced colonial soldiers hold off hardened British veterans for more than two hours at Breed’s Hill. Although eventually forced to abandon their position, including the high ground of Bunker Hill overlooking Boston, the patriots show that they are not intimidated by the long lines of red-coated infantrymen. Of the 2,200 British seeing action, more than 1,000 end up dead or wounded.

https://youtu.be/mgeq7uqqmn8
Revolutionary War Bunker Hill

Learn more about Boston National Historical Park

Moores Creek: Loyalists Defeated

February 27, 1776
A force of loyalists (Americans who want to remain British subjects), most of them of Scots descent, is defeated by a patriot army at the Battle of Moores Creek Bridge. This setback will largely quiet loyalist activity in the Carolinas for three years.

https://youtu.be/SlRnkQtd2g8

Learn more about Moores Creek National Battlefield

South Carolinians Repel British Attempt to Take Charleston

June 28, 1776
A British invasion force mounts an all-day attack on a patriot force on Sullivan’s Island. The invaders are unable to land their troops on the island, and the tricky waters of Charleston Harbor frustrate the British navy. The fleet retires in defeat, and South Carolina will remain untouched by the enemy for three more years.

Learn more about Fort Moultrie National Monument

America Declares Its Independence!

July 1776
The Declaration of Independence is adopted by the Second Continental Congress. Following a decade of agitation over taxes and a year of war, representatives make the break with Britain. King George III isn’t willing to let his subjects go without a fight, and loyalist sentiment remains strong in many areas. Americans’ primary allegiance is to their states; nationalism will grow slowly.

https://youtu.be/ZJKaqn2RrQ4
We The People

Learn more about Independence National Historical Park

George Washington Crosses the Delaware River

December 1776 to January 1777
In a bold move, Washington moves his troops into New Jersey on Christmas night. The patriots then surprise a force of German troops fighting for Britain at Trenton on December 26. They achieve a similar victory over British troops at Princeton on January 3, reviving hopes that the war just might be winnable. The army then encamps for the winter at Morristown, New Jersey.

https://youtu.be/6M5sYsiVG_Q
Washington’s Crossing

Learn more about Morristown National Historical Park

War in the North: 1777 to 1778

Battle of Saratoga: British Setback

October 17, 1777
General John Burgoyne’s attempt to separate the rebellious New England colonies from those farther south ends in a spectacular failure. The surrender of 6,000 British regulars at Saratoga will shock London and help induce France to enter the war on the American side.
Learn more about Saratoga National Historical Park

Winter of Change for the Continental Army

December 1777
With the British occupying Philadelphia just 20 miles away, the Continental Army enters winter quarters at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. During the winter, supply arrangements will be improved and the Continental troops will be drilled and emerge as a more disciplined, unified fighting force.

https://youtu.be/0pUSiVep0RU
Valley Forge

Learn more about Valley Forge National Historical Park

France Enters the War Against Britain

February 1778
As a result of the patriot victory at Saratoga and American diplomatic efforts, France allies itself with the new American government. French financial and military aid will prove critical in winning the war. The Continental Army will learn of the French Alliance in May.

George Rogers Clark Attacks the British in Ohio Country

May to December, 1778
With barely 150 men, Virginian George Rogers Clark captures several British posts in the Ohio Territory (present-day Illinois and Indiana) and convinces French-speaking inhabitants of Kaskaskia and Cahokia to support the patriot side. Although Indians will continue to oppose white settlement for three decades, Clark’s exploits pave the way for the expansion of the U.S. north of the Ohio River.

https://youtu.be/hARGForfXYo

Learn more about George Rogers Clark National Historical Park

Southern Campaigns: 1779 to 1781

Charleston Falls to the British

May 12, 1780
The British take Charleston, S.C., capture a large patriot army, and deal the rebels one of their worst defeats of the war. The Charleston move is part of a broader British strategy to hang on to the southern colonies, at least, now that the war is stalemated in Pennsylvania and New York.

https://youtu.be/M3jNh3D57gQ

Kings Mountain Victory Revives Patriot Hopes

October 7, 1780
Patriot militia from the Carolinas, Virginia, and present-day Tennessee surround and defeat a force of loyalists under Major Patrick Ferguson at Kings Mountain, S.C. Indicating the deep divisions within America, Ferguson is the only British soldier on the field-Kings Mountain is truly a battle among Americans about their future.

https://youtu.be/5ssrGbfZ-Sw

Learn more about Kings Mountain National Military Park

Battle of Cowpens: American Tide Continues

January 17, 1781
Continental soldiers and patriot militia under General Daniel Morgan defeat a British force under Banastre Tarleton at Cowpens. Coming on the heels of the victory at Kings Mountain, Cowpens helps convince worried patriots that the British southern strategy can be countered.

https://youtu.be/Aaf7KVtLvUA

Learn more about Cowpens National Battlefield

Guilford Courthouse: Costly British Victory

March 15, 1781
British troops win a costly victory over Continentals and militia at Guilford Courthouse, N.C. The battle is part of General Nathanael Greene’s strategy of engaging the British on ground of his choosing. Without winning a single clear-cut victory, he will succeed in wearing down the British army through hit-and-run tactics and set-piece battles.

https://youtu.be/yhqJw63yfnU

Learn more about Guilford Courthouse National Military Park

Ninety-Six: Longest Siege of the War

May to June, 1781
The isolated British garrison at Ninety Six is laid siege to, by patriot forces under General Nathanael Greene. The approach of a British relief column leads Greene to make a final, unsuccessful assault on the fort on June 18. The events at Ninety Six underline the fact that Britain has too few troops to hold the southern hinterlands.
Crossroads of a Revolution (video)
Learn more about Ninety Six National Historic Site

Yorktown: Large British Army Surrenders

September to October, 1781
A joint French and American force traps a large British army on Virginia’s Yorktown peninsula. Unable to evacuate or receive reinforcements because a French fleet has driven off a British fleet, General Cornwallis is forced to surrender. Although New York City and Charleston, S.C., will remain in British hands until a peace treaty is signed two years later, the war for American independence is essentially over.

https://youtu.be/TnEglWe6pxw

Learn more about Colonial National Historical Park

Aftermath: 1782 to 1787

Loyalists Leave America

January 1782
The evacuation of loyalists begins. Largely unwelcome in the new United States, about 100,000 Americans who remained loyal to the crown find new lives in Britain, Canada, and British colonies in the West Indies. Among them are about 15,000 African Americans, some of whom end up helping to found the country of Sierra Leone in Africa. The loyalist experience will have a profound effect on the development of Canada’s national identity.

https://youtu.be/szcKtBWi52A
Loyalists Leave America

Treaty of Paris Officially Ends the War

September 3, 1783
The Treaty of Paris ratifies the independence of the 13 North American states. Canada remains a British province, beginning its separate development as a U.S. neighbor. Another war with England (1812 – 1815) will be necessary to truly secure the American nation.

https://youtu.be/SUMJWnQWCXc
George Washington Refuses to become King
https://youtu.be/gXzYWZHqFb8
Loyalists and slaves leave America

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