George Washington’s Thanksgiving Proclamation: Thoughts on Liberty, Gratitude, and Contentment

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Everything else is a distant second. I love to cook and to eat. I love college football and the rivalry games that are played at the end of the season as much as the next man, perhaps more.

There is nothing wrong with these traditions per se. Where we go wrong is when these traditions become the focal point of Thanksgiving, displacing the permanent with the temporary, the eternal with the temporal.

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Lathan Watts

Lathan Watts is the vice president of public affairs for Alliance Defending Freedom (@ADFLegal) and its sister organization ADF Action.

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Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday. Everything else is a distant second. I love to cook and to eat. I love college football and the rivalry games that are played at the end of the season as much as the next man, perhaps more.

There is nothing wrong with these traditions per se. Where we go wrong is when these traditions become the focal point of Thanksgiving, displacing the permanent with the temporary, the eternal with the temporal.