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HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

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Our modern celebration of Thanksgiving has its roots in extreme
hardship. The Pilgrims who arrived on these shores in December of 1620
struggled mightily, as the Plimoth Plantation
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describes:

> 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 sailed back to England with only half of her
> crew.

Nevertheless, in the fall of 1621, a year after their arrival, they
sat down for a feast and a three-day celebration 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. He and 90 of his men joined the celebration.

In the 1800s, this famous celebration became the basis for the story
of the First Thanksgiving.

As the Pilgrims did, we should pause to reflect on all that is good
and on the Source of this goodness. And as President Washington
reminded Americans in his 1789 first Thanksgiving Proclamation
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we
must also pray for good, constitutional government:

> …beseech him to pardon our national and other transgressions—to
> enable us all, whether in public or private stations, to perform our
> several and relative duties properly and punctually—to render our
> national government a blessing to all the people, by constantly
> being a Government of wise, just, and constitutional laws,
> discreetly and faithfully executed and obeyed…

I am particularly thankful for all of you who donate to support our
just cause
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and
for your many messages of encouragement to me and my hard-working
Judicial Watch colleagues who, in “private stations,” work for a
“wise, just, and constitutional” government. We will continue to
fight for the truth and transparency, shed light into the darkness and
be a small beacon of hope for you and of other patriots of our great
nation.

On behalf of all of us at Judicial Watch, I wish you and yours a most
blessed Thanksgiving!

Until next week,



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