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<\/p>\nThe\u00a0Thanksgiving\u00a0holiday has traditionally been a time of celebration and remembrance within the American experience.\u00a0 The modern observance of Thanksgiving Day began in 1863 during the Civil War and promoted by President Abraham Lincoln as a means of spiritual reflection and call for national harmony.<\/p>\n
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Seton Hall was no exception in this regard as the school formally celebrated this commemoration in various ways during the 19th century.\u00a0 Honoring the day typically resulted in a release from classes during the morning and afternoon on Thanksgiving Thursday.\u00a0 After a special repast for those remaining on campus a musical program that featured vocalists and instrumental solos typically completed the day.\u00a0 Other offerings depending on the year included lectures or theatrical presentations that typically centered on classical themes were presented by students, faculty, and others connected with the college.\u00a0 Those in attendance often included the few boarding students on campus, clergy, and local citizens the night of Thanksgiving, or on a special date close to the holiday.<\/p>\n
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During late November, the school also celebrated the feast day of St. Cecilia who was the patroness of music and musicians on November 22nd.\u00a0 Seton Hall held various events to celebrate this art form and the importance of melodic expression especially choral groups that served as an important extra-curricular option for the student body.\u00a0 This was one of the primary activities that distinguished student life during the earliest days of Setonia with the emergence of choral groups and popular student programming that became a regular feature not only for Thanksgiving or St. Cecilia day, but throughout the academic year.<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Thanksgiving\u00a0holiday has traditionally been a time of celebration and remembrance within the American experience.\u00a0 The modern observance of Thanksgiving Day began in 1863 during the Civil War and promoted by President Abraham Lincoln as a means of spiritual reflection and call for national harmony. Seton Hall was no exception in this regard as the school … Continue reading “Thanksgiving\u00a0at Seton Hall During the 19th Century”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":290,"featured_media":2434,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2424","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/290"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2424"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2429,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2424\/revisions\/2429"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2424"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2424"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2424"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/blogs.shu.edu\/archives\/files\/2019\/11\/thanksgiving-1770-2-e1574422539188-175x300.jpg\")
For more information about holiday observances and any aspect of Seton Hall University History please feel free to contact us via e-mail at:\u00a0 Alan.Delozier@shu.edu<\/a> or by phone at: (973) 275-2378.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"