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...fact, probably the most popular reason to propose a resolution appears to be making every day on the national calendar feel extra special. Holidaymaking is an old pastime for legislators. It was the nation's First Congress that kicked off that tradition; in 1789, New Jersey Congressman Elias Boudinot introduced a resolution asking President George Washington to proclaim a national day of giving thanks - which he did, and the holiday stuck. But today's Americans may find some more recent observances to be slightly less universally appealing: Among the red-letter days proclaimed by the past few Congresses are Funeral...
Having passed a new Bill of Rights, established a Supreme Court and performed various other wonders, the U.S. House of Representatives paused, in late September of 1789, to consider whether it should declare a national day of thanksgiving. Congressman Elias Boudinot of New Jersey thought it should. He introduced a resolution asking President Washington to proclaim a day in which the people might acknowledge, "with grateful hearts, the many signal favors of Almighty God." There was immediate opposition. Congressman Thomas Tucker, wary of the threat of Big Government, declared that the House "had no business to interfere in a matter...
...Boudinot's view prevailed, however, and so Washington issued a declaration naming the last Thursday in November as something that would later always be special in American life. The day was "to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be ... rendering ... humble thanks for [the] conclusion of the late war, for the great degree of tranquillity, union and plenty, which we have since enjoyed...
...Boudinot T. Atterbury '79, a member of the subcommittee that drew up the proposal, said last week that no other Harvard student organization's fees appear on the term bill. He added that despite the University's decision in 1972 to exempt RUS from that rule, RUS "is a student organization not so different from any other student organizations which aren't funded on the term bill...
...proposal was defeated 67 per cent to 33 per cent, with 188 people voting, Boudinot Atterbury '79, chairman of the election subcommittee, said yesterday...