The Father of Our Country

George Washington - noted many instances of divine guidance and protection. In a letter to his brother Jack, he states:
"As I have heard since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial acct. of my death and dying speech, I take this opportunity of contradicting both, and of assuring you that I now exist and appear in the land of the living by the miraculous care of Providence, that protected me beyond all human expectation; I had 4 Bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me, and yet escaped unhurt."

- from The Battle of Monongahela - Washington’s God, p. 56
"A great Indian chief had watched the young Col. Washington in this battle near the Monongahela. He told Washington 15 years later: 'A power mightier far than we shielded you ...I had seventeen fair fires at him with my rifle, and after all could not bring him to the ground.'
From the book Revolutionary War--Escape from Disaster--Long Island - WG, p. 78:
The Americans were surrounded on Long Island, and what force was left, regrouped and huddled in a fort in Brooklyn. With night falling, the British officer pulled back to save casualties, confident the Americans would surrender or be broken come morning. Washington found what boats could be had and began getting his men across the East River throughout the night. A loyalist discovered their activities and tried to send a message to the British, but it didn't get through. And then came the dawn... "Washington realized with dread that he had only half his troops safely across the river. The British would surely discover their movement as soon as the sun rose! Yet, just as dawn began to stretch its colorful fingertips across the horizon, a heavy fog rolled in. Suddenly, all was gray and yellow, an unforgettable fog. No one could see far in front of him--movements ahead were entirely obscured. Within hours, still undercover of fog, Washington was finally able to step onto one of the last of the boats, his gray charger beside him, and set sail for the safety of Manhattan. Less than an hour after the last boat landed in New York, the last of the yellowish fog dispersed. Washington had not left one man behind. His army was secure. They had been spared an ignominious defeat. Washington and his men would live to fight another day."

Here is an excerpt from "Second Declaration of Thanksgiving" by George Washington:
"I, George Washington, President of the United States, do recommend to all religious societies and denominations, and to all persons whomsoever, within the United States to set apart and observe Thursday the 19th of February next, as a day of public thanksgiving and prayer, and on that day to meet together and render their sincere and hearty thanks to the Great Ruler of Nations for the manifold and signal mercies which distinguish our lot as a nation, particularly for the possession of constitutions of government which unite and by their union establish liberty with order; for the preservation of our peace, foreign and domestic...and generally, for the prosperous course of our affairs, public and private; and at the same time humbly and fervently to beseech the kind Author of these blessings graciously to prolong them to us; to imprint on our hearts a deep and solemn sense of our obligations to Him for them; to teach us rightly to estimate their immense value; to preserve us from the arrogance of prosperity, and from hazarding the advantages we enjoy by delusive pursuits; to dispose us to merit the continuance of His favors by not abusing them; by our gratitude for them, and by a correspondent conduct as citizens and men; to render this country more and more a safe and propitious asylum for the unfortunate of other countries; to extend among us true and useful knowledge; to diffuse and establish habits of sobriety, order, morality, and piety, and finally, to impart all the blessings we possess, or ask for ourselves, to the whole family of mankind."