"...Resolved, That it be recommended to all the United States, as soon as possible, to appoint a day of solemn fasting and humiliation; to implore of Almighty God the forgiveness of the many sins prevailing among all ranks, and to beg the countenance and assistance of his Providence in the prosecution of the present just and necessary war..."
– Congressional Prayer Proclamation
Journals of Congress, 6:1022

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November 16, 1778: Congressional Chaplains Provide Thanksgiving Proclamation

November 16, 1778: Congressional Chaplains Provide Thanksgiving Proclamation

During America's War of Independence, members of Congress usually composed their own spiritual proclamations, but on November 16, 1778, they turned to their Christian chaplains for help. In the opening days of the First Continental Congress...