Thomas Griffin 2/17/25 (For National Catholic Register)
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In the summer of 1783 there was much confusion and fear about the future of the country. The war of independence had been won but the states were still scrambling to decipher how they would interact with each other and with Congress. Before Washington resigned from his command, he wrote a letter to all the governors (it was intended for the entire American community as well). This letter is known as the Circular Letter to the States.
Washington begins, “I think it is a duty incumbent on me, to make this my last official communication, to congratulate you on the glorious events which Heaven has been pleased to produce in our favor.” Here, and in other correspondences and speeches, Washington clearly holds that God had a hand in supplying the American project with the strength to be victorious. It was in the hands of Divine Providence that they defeated Great Britain because God favors those who are oppressed. It is that divine help that he concludes his letter with as well:
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Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and two sons. He has a masters degree in theology and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine. He is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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