PROSPECT HEIGHTS — George Washington, an American Revolution military hero and the nation’s first president, seldom mentioned the Lord Jesus Christ in speeches, conversations, or writings.
Yet Washington, “The Father of His Country,” often talked and wrote about “providence” — that guiding and protective care of a creator God.
Take, for example, his signing of the First Proclamation of Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov. 26, 1789. He signed it at Federal Hall on Wall Street in lower Manhattan, which at that time was the new nation’s seat of government.
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