we hope your Thanksgiving is filled with peace, love and great joy.
Have a blessed, safe and happy Thanksgiving!
The JLPOA Board will be opening up the Clubhouseon Saturday, November 28th, 2015 at 5:00 PM to celebrate the holiday with your lake family.
Jamie Oeleis and Jimmy Lehnerz have donated a 25 pound turkey. And, under the tutelage of grill-master, Brad Hueske, said bird will be delicately brined and slow smoked to perfection. Jimmy Lehnerz will also be sharing a couple of pheasants and quail obtained on a recent hunting trip.
What to bring: a side dish is required and your favorite libations.
Thanksgiving proclamations were made mostly by church leaders in New England up until 1682, and then by both state and church leaders until after the American Revolution. During the revolutionary period, political influences affected the issuance of Thanksgiving proclamations. Various proclamations were made by royal governors, John Hancock, General George Washington, and the Continental Congress, each giving thanks to God for events favorable to their causes. As President of the United States, George Washington proclaimed the first nationwide thanksgiving celebration in America marking November 26, 1789, “as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer to be observed by acknowledging with grateful hearts the many and signal favours of Almighty God”.
In modern times the President of the United States, in addition to issuing a proclamation, will “pardon” a turkey, which spares the bird’s life and ensures that it will spend the duration of its life roaming freely on farmland.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving