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           For which we give thanks: The Post's Thanksgiving message

   By Post Editorial Board
   Published Nov. 26, 2025, 5:13 p.m. ET

   The first Thanksgiving in the New World was celebrated in 1621, nearly a
   year after the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth in the Massachusetts Bay
   Colony.

   In 1789, George Washington became the first of many US presidents to
   formally proclaim a day of "public thanksgiving and prayer":

   "I do recommend and assign Thursday, the 26th day of November next, to be
   devoted by the people of these States to the service of that great and
   glorious Being who is the beneficent author of all the good that was, that
   is, or that will be; that we may then all unite in rendering unto Him our
   sincere and humble thanks for His kind care and protection of the people
   of this country previous to their becoming a nation; for the signal and
   manifold mercies and the favorable interpositions of His providence in the
   course and conclusion of the late war; for the great degree of
   tranquillity, union, and plenty which we have since enjoyed; for the
   peaceable and rational manner in which we have been enabled to establish
   constitutions of government for our safety and happiness, and particularly
   the national one now lately instituted; for the civil and religious
   liberty with which we are blessed, and the means we have of acquiring and
   diffusing useful knowledge; and, in general, for all the great and various
   favors which He has been pleased to confer upon us."

   In 1863, in the midst of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln likewise called
   for a day of Thanksgiving in November:

   "I do therefore invite my fellow citizens in every part of the United
   States, and also those who are at sea and those who are sojourning in
   foreign lands, to set apart and observe the last Thursday of November
   next, as a day of Thanksgiving and Praise to our beneficent Father who
   dwelleth in the Heavens."

   And so it was until President Franklin Roosevelt, in 1939, temporarily
   moved the celebration back to the third Thursday in November to stimulate
   Depression-era Christmas sales.

   President Trump on Wednesday issued his own Thanksgiving proclamation:
   "In 1789, just years after America's triumph over tyranny in the
   Revolutionary War, President George Washington established the first
   National Day of Thanksgiving, declaring "the duty of all Nations to
   acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be
   grateful for His benefits, and humbly to implore His protection and
   favor."

   Decades later, in the midst of the bloody Civil War, President Abraham
   Lincoln implored the Nation to join in unity for "a day of Thanksgiving
   and Praise to our beneficent Father who dwelleth in the Heavens."

   In every generation since, this spirit of reverence, trust, and gratitude
   has preserved our way of life and made America the strongest, greatest,
   and most resilient Nation the world has ever known.

   From the pilgrims who settled our continent and the patriots who won our
   independence on the battlefield to the pioneers who tamed the west and the
   warriors who have preserved our freedom in distant lands, the spirit of
   gratitude and grit embodied by those who celebrated the first Thanksgiving
   more than 400 years ago have stood at the very heart of what it means to
   be an American.

   This year, God has bestowed abundant blessings all across our land and
   indeed the entire world. As we give thanks to Him, we continue to advance
   our Nation through strong leadership and commonsense policy.

   As a result, the American economy is roaring back, we are making progress
   on lowering the cost of living, a new era of peace is sweeping around the
   world, our sovereignty is being swiftly restored, and the American spirit
   is coming back greater and more powerful than ever before.

   As we prepare to celebrate 250 glorious years of American independence,
   this Thanksgiving, we summon the faith, resolve, and unflinching fortitude
   of the giants of American history who came before us. We vow to build a
   future that echoes their sacrifice. Above all, we offer our endless
   gratitude to Almighty God for His love, grace, and infinite blessings.

   NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of
   America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and
   the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim Thursday, November 27,
   2025, as a National Day of Thanksgiving. I encourage all Americans to
   gather, in homes and places of worship, to offer a prayer of thanks to God
   for our many blessings.

   IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-fifth day of
   November, in the year of our Lord two thousand twenty-five, and of the
   Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and fiftieth.

   -DONALD J. TRUMP"
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-- Sean

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