President Washington and America’s National Holiday
Ave Maria in the Afternoon Segments · Marcus B. Peter, Th.D.
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Show Notes
Thanksgiving is a peculiar holiday. It’s religious by nature but is celebrated in a nation that is, at least as far as the law is concerned, secular. It reminds us of the peculiar character of the American nation and the President’s role in it. We talk more with Richard Samuelson.
Further Reading
A National Thanksgiving: President Washington and America’s National Holiday
Guest Info
Richard Samuelson is associate professor of government in Hillsdale College’s Van Andel Graduate School of Statesmanship.
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