flynn23 wrote:
] Decius wrote:
] ] flynn23 wrote:
] ] ] things like Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Thanksgiving
] ] holiday,
] ] ] cowboys, and on and on and on.
] ]
] ] Well, the Thanksgiving holiday is at least as old as the
] ] republic, but you are right about the rest...
]
] Not necessarily. It was in the very late 1800's that it was
] made a national holiday, having been a sporadic regional
] occurance before that.

I was wrong. I had read several instances of early Presidents (including pre-constitution ones) setting national Thanksgivings, but it wasn't something that occured every year under Lincoln was President.

] I can't pull up a link right now, but I've read several books
] (remember those?)

Huh? :)

RE: Scalia opposed to separation of church and state