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Podcast: Conservative Politics & News: The P.A.S. Report
Episode: Thanksgiving in the American Revolution: The Fuel of Resilience
Description: Discover the forgotten origins of Thanksgiving during the American Revolution as Professor Nick Giordano reveals how George Washington and the Continental Congress used national days of thanksgiving to strengthen a struggling nation. Far from the modern holiday of feasts and football, Thanksgiving in the Revolution was an act of resilience, unity, and survival, declared in the darkest moments of war. It's easy to give thanks when everything is going well. It's much more difficult to be thankful in times of despair. This powerful episode uncovers the wartime proclamations after Saratoga, Washington's Valley Forge orders, and the first national Thanksgiving...