Happy Thanksgiving 2009

2009 November 26
by Dave Lambert

Abraham Lincoln’s Proclamation Establishing Thanksgiving Day

October 3, 1863

The year that is drawing towards its close, has been filled with the blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to forget the source from which they come, others have been added, which are of so extraordinary a nature, that they cannot fail to penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually insensible to the ever watchful providence of Almighty God.

Read more at: http://www.classicallibrary.org/lincoln/thanksgiving.htm

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