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elleng

(141,926 posts)
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 01:46 AM Nov 2025

A reminder for Thanksgiving. George Washington's famous August, 1790 letter to the Jews of Newport, RI.

He wrote that: “every one shall sit in safety under his own vine and figtree, and there shall be none to make him afraid.” He continued: "For happily the Government of the United States gives to bigotry no sanction, to persecution no assistance, requires only that they who live under its protection should demean themselves as good citizens."

((IF ONLY.))

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A reminder for Thanksgiving. George Washington's famous August, 1790 letter to the Jews of Newport, RI. (Original Post) elleng Nov 2025 OP
a point of local pride for us Newporters Justitia Nov 2025 #1
Wonderful! elleng Nov 2025 #2

Justitia

(9,317 posts)
1. a point of local pride for us Newporters
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 02:29 AM
Nov 2025

To be in possession of such a beautiful artifact. There is a reading ceremony every year.

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