Subject:  American Minute - Mar. 6 - General Washington's Day of Fasting
Date:  Mon, 5 Mar 2007 22:08:02 -0600
American Minute with Bill Federer

March 6

MARCH 6, 1776, General Washington ordered:

"Thursday...being set apart by the Legislature of this Province as a
day of fasting, prayer and humiliation,

'to implore the Lord and Giver of all victory to pardon our manifold
sins and wickedness, and that it would please Him to bless the
Continental army with His divine favor and protection,'

all officers and soldiers are strictly enjoined to pay all due
reverence on that day to the sacred duties of the Lord of hosts."

Colonel Henry Knox moved 59 cannons from Fort Ticonderoga 300
hundred miles to a position overlooking Boston Harbor, wrapping wagon
wheels with straw so the British would not hear.

Amidst a violent storm, British General Howe was forced on March 17
to evacuate his ships and 3,000 men from Boston.

General Washington wrote his brother, John Augustine Washington,
March 31, 1776:

"Upon their discovery of the works next morning, great preparations
were made for attacking them; but not being ready before the
afternoon, and the weather getting very tempestuous, much blood was
saved, and a very important blow...was prevented.

That this most remarkable Interposition of Providence is for some
wise purpose, I have not a doubt."



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