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 OUR HAPPY THANKSGIVING MESSAGE  Celebrating Thanksgiving in America THEODORE ROOSEVELT: A PROCLAMATION THANKSGIVING DAY, 1901 A Proclamation The season is nigh when, according to the time-hallowed custom of our people, the President appoints a day as the especial occasion for praise and thanksgiving to God. This Thanksgiving finds the people still bowed with sorrow for the death of a great and good President. We mourn President McKinley because we so loved and honored him; and the manner of his death should awaken in the breasts of our people a keen anxiety for the country, and at the same time a resolute purpose not to be driven by any calamity from the path of strong, orderly, popular liberty which as a nation we have thus far safely trod. Yet in spite of this great disaster, it is nevertheless true that no people on earth have such abundant cause for thanksgiving as we have. The past year in particular has been one of peace and plenty. We have prospered in things material and have been able to work for our own uplifting in things intellectual and spiritual. Let us remember that, as much has been given us, much will be expected from us; and that true homage comes from the heart as well as from the lips and shows itself in deeds. We can best prove our thankfulness to the Almighty by the way in which on this earth and at this time each of us does his duty to his fellow men. Now, Therefore, I, Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States, do hereby designate as a day of general thanksgiving Thursday, the 28th of this present November, and do recommend that throughout the land the people cease from their wonted occupations, and at their several homes and places of worship reverently thank the Giver of all good for the countless blessings of our national life. In Witness Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington this second day of November, A. D. 1901, and of the Independence of the United States the one hundred and twenty-sixth. THEODORE ROOSEVELT Happy Thanksgiving to all.. Warmest best, GabriellaR45   Happy to share this one last time. . { |
Stymied Sarah   First and foremost: This G is preparing to move on at the end of November after 14 great years on W.Com. I can't find the words to tell you how much I will miss all of you. My good news is I have joined a group of remarkable writers right here in Vermont. Meeting in person and sharing work is a delightful experience . KEEPING IN TOUCH: If You Want to Keep in Touch once in a while, share your mail, email address or phone # and I'll share mine,  Before I go, I'm going to nab my share of fun planting a few tid-bits on the Newsfeed. Each right answer deserves 1,000 gps Mail your answers to me: gabrielllar45 Which event does the protagonist travel to in "The Sun Also Rises"? Tour de France Oktoberfest Running of the Bulls World Series Which era does Toni Morrison’s Pulitzer-winning “Beloved” take place? Reconstruction Civil Rights Movement Who was the wife of Zeus ? Hera Aphrodite Persephone became trapped in the underworld after eating what? Strawberries Olives Ambrosia Pomegranate Seeds ,, |
 Nobel Prize Winner, 2020 Louise Glück wins Nobel Prize for Literature Ms Glück was recognized for "her unmistakable poetic voice, that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal" said the Swedish Academy, which oversees the award. Ms Glück was born in 1943 in New York. She lives in Massachusetts and is professor of English at Yale University. "Baskets” includes these lines: I take my basket to the brazen market, to the gathering place, I ask you, how much beauty can a person bear? It is heavier than ugliness, even the burden of emptiness is nothing beside it. Crates of eggs, papaya, sacks of yellow lemons — I am not a strong woman. It isn’t easy to want so much, to walk with such a heavy basket, either bent reed, or willow.  |
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Happy 15th WdC Anniversary, Gabriella! 
Thanks, dear glorious cheer leaders,
for your kind responses to Theodore Roosevelt's
Thanksgiving Proclamation.