On this day in 1775, delegates from the American colonies convene in a Continental Congress. They’d met the day before to appoint officers and to ask that the Reverend Duché be available to start the next day’s proceedings with prayer. Now they were ready to get down to business.
The Congress was badly needed! Armed conflict between Great Britain and her colonies had broken out mere weeks before at Lexington and Concord.
This Congress was the second one of its kind. The First Continental Congress (1774) had accomplished several objectives, including a petition to the King and a planned boycott of British goods if the Intolerable Acts were not repealed. The colonists still blamed Parliament more than they blamed the King. They hoped that a direct appeal to him would bring about a reconciliation with Great Britain.
Unfortunately, the King didn’t share the colonists’ perspective. He responded badly to the petition. In fact, he delivered a rather scathing response. He told Parliament that “a most daring spirit of resistance, and disobedience to the law still unhappily prevails” in America.
The story continues here: https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-second-continental-congress
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On this day in 2022, a Medal of Honor recipient passes away. Corporal Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura was a second-generation Japanese American who served in both World War II and the Korean War.
His Medal action came in Korea during April 1951. Our soldiers were then stationed by the Imjin River, just north of Seoul. “I was being a machine gun squad leader,” he later described, “[and] was told to hold this position as long as I could because we knew we were outnumbered so bad that it would be impossible to hold it.”
He had only 15 men. As night fell, our soldiers could hear Chinese troops approaching.
FULL STORY: https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-hiroshi-miyamura-moh
Happy Thanksgiving! Ronald Reagan's 1986 Proclamation has some interesting food for thought today, and it sort of goes along with the story I posted on Tuesday about Revolutionary War Thanksgivings. I hope everyone has a wonderful day with family and friends.
Ronald Reagan said:
"Perhaps no custom reveals our character as a Nation so clearly as our celebration of Thanksgiving Day. Rooted deeply in our Judeo-Christian heritage, the practice of offering thanksgiving underscores our unshakeable belief in God as the foundation of our Nation and our firm reliance upon Him from Whom all blessings flow. Both as individuals and as a people, we join with the Psalmist in song and praise: ``Give thanks unto the Lord, for He is good.''
One of the most inspiring portrayals of American history is that of George Washington on his knees in the snow at Valley Forge. That moving image personifies and testifies to our Founders' dependence upon Divine Providence during the darkest hours of our Revolutionary...
On this day in 1746, a future Patriot is born. Robert Livingston’s name is one that most Americans don’t recognize, but perhaps they should. He played a critical role in several founding events.
Did you know that he is the one standing next to George Washington in portraits of the first inauguration? Or did you know that Livingston obtained the territory that would become Louisiana, Arkansas, and Missouri—to say nothing of states such as Oklahoma, Kansas, and Nebraska?
Livingston was an early supporter of the Patriot cause, opposing the Stamp Act as early as 1765. He was a well-regarded statesman, and he was soon representing New York in the Continental Congress. As a delegate, he was given at least one important task: He was asked to sit on a Committee of Five, charged with drafting the Declaration of Independence.
The story continues here: https://www.taraross.com/post/tdih-robert-livingston
