Thanksgiving Proclaimed

“Now, therefore, I, Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, do hereby appoint and set apart the last Thursday in November next as a day which I desire to be observed by all my fellow-citizens, wherever they may be then, as a day of thanksgiving and praise to Almighty God, the beneficent Creator and Ruler of the Universe. And I do further recommend to my fellow-citizens aforesaid, that on that occasion they do reverently humble themselves in the dust, and from thence offer up penitent and fervent prayers and supplications to the great Disposer of events for a return of the inestimable blessings of peace, union, and harmony throughout the land which it is has pleased him to assign as a dwelling-place for ourselves and for our posterity throughout all generations.”

Abraham Lincoln
October 20, 1864

“Enter into His gates with thanksgiving…be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.” -Psalm 100:4