President Abraham Lincoln
Washington, D.C.
October 3rd, 1863
from Thanksgiving Day Proclamation
No human counsel hath devised
nor hath any mortal hand
worked out these great things.
They are the gracious gifts
of the Most High God,
who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins,
hath nevertheless remembered mercy.
It has seemed to me fit and proper
that they should be
solemnly,
reverently
and gratefully
acknowledged
as with one heart and one voice
by the whole American People.
Happy Thanksgiving!
[Read the whole proclamation here.]
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