"This Congress, therefore, considering the present critical, alarming and calamitous state of these colonies, do earnestly recommend that Thursday, the 20th day of July next, be observed, by the inhabitants of all the English colonies on this continent, as a day of public humiliation, fasting and prayer..."
– Congressional Prayer Proclamation
Journals of Congress, 2:87-88.
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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...