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Article: Proclamation 6954 - Thanksgiving Day, 1996. (by Pres. Bill Clinton, Nov. 11, 1996)(Transcript)
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- Weekly Compilation of Presidential Documents
- Article date:
- November 18, 1996
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November 11, 1996
By the President of the United States of America
A Proclamation
America's oldest tradition, Thanksgiving is also a reaffirmation of our most deeply held values; a public recognition that, in the words of Thomas Jefferson, "God who gave us life gave us liberty." In gratitude for God's gift of freedom and "for all the great and various favors which he hath been pleased to confer upon us," George Washington made Thanksgiving his first proclamation for the new Nation, and it is one we are privileged to renew each year.
Much has changed for America in the two centuries since that first Thanksgiving proclamation. Generations of ...
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